M0017344EB: Universal equinoctial dial / M0017345EB: Butterfield type horizontal dial, c.1730

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Universal equinoctial dial.

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Butterfield type horizontal dial, circa 1730.

Photograph of the rear sides of two universal equinoctial dials and the back of a Butterfield type horizontal dial. The equinoctial dial is an Augsberg type and is signed "Johan Schrettigger in Augsberg". Undated, c.1800. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem at an unknown point and accessioned in 1918 (accession number R10353). The second equinoctial dial is an Augsberg type inscribed "F. leva Pol....LTM". It was purchased by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1921 (accession number R12575). The horizontal dial shows the latitude of various towns and is signed "Macquart Paris". Udated, c.1730. It was purchased by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1922 (accession number R15223). None of the instruments are held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0017334EA, M0017335EA, M0017336EA

April 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R10353, R2575 and R15223

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.