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M-262
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Time Finding
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[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]
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[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]
Sundial: Compass
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Dial in gimbals, supported in a square, gilt brass base resting on four silver, turned feet. Base engraved with baroque strapwork arabesques. Silvered hour scale with Arabic numerals. Folding, gilt gnomon consisting of an open triangle straddling a compass. Hole to hang a plumb-bob missing. Gnomon for latitude 48°. Compass plate is silvered, with arrow for magnetic deviation (~13°W). Blued, arrow-shaped needle, type 14.
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"Johann Willebrand • in Augspurg." underneath hour plate.
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[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
c. 1680-1726
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Germany
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