Antique brass Sundial Compass Augsburg 1775 L T M
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Antique brass Sundial Compass Augsburg 1775 L.T.M.

Antique brass Sundial Compass  Augsburg 1775 L.T.M.
Start Price USD 1.00
Current Price USD 641.00
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Start Time Sunday, October 12, 2008
End Time Sunday, October 19, 2008
Location Münster

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Description
Original Antique Sundial You are bidding on a original antique Sundial, a so called Augsburg dial, in museum-like quality. Origin: German (Augsburg) Date: 1775 Signature: Engraved on the base of compass LTM (Ludwig Theodor Müller) Overall dimensions: Length 5,2 cm width 4,8 cm,  thickness 1,7cm Material: brass and glass Latitudes: 12o - 90o N Condition: All in all perfect, except a small chip of the glass. and one srew is a little bit broken Technical details: Standard dial, surrounded by engraved border including acanthus leaves. Latitudes arc divided 12o - 90o. Back of compass engraved with the table of latidudes, headed: Elev Poli, Corfu 39, Lion Napoli 41, Rom Landau 49,Rig(a) Edenburg 55 For further information: You will find a similar dial in the collection of the National Maritime Museum Greenwich London, see homepage of the museum. I added as picture 7 a copy out of the book "Sundials at Greenwich".    

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