pedometer;
horizontal dial;
sundial;
compass-dial
- Museum number
- 1888,1201.328
- Description
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Pedometer and horizontal sundial; gilt brass with silvered gnomon and silvered dials; two blade feet; upper surface: sundial with folding and engraved gnomon for latitude 49 degrees and azimuth scale 0-180; compass set for declination N10E; needle and cover missing; face signed; under surface: pedometer operated by pull-rod(missing); scales show through apertures in brass disc; two gilt-brass indexes; clinometer scale.
- Production date
- 18thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 8.40 millimetres
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Thickness: 18 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Ward 1981
Upper surface Horizontal sundial, with folding shaped and engraved gnomon for latitude 49° and azimuth scale 0°-180°, clockwise from west. The compass set for declination N10°E, but needle and cover-glass missing. The Roman hours engraved on a scroll. The two clips are probably later additions. This face signed: 'Iohann Melchior Landeck Fecit Nürnberg'.
Under surface Pedometer, operated by a pull-rod now missing. The scales show through apertures in a brass disc. Outermost scale reads 0-100 double paces, numbered every five; the inner scale, hundreds of double paces numbered at every 1,000 up to 14,000 for a complete revolution. The 140:1 gearing is in two stages, 10-1 and 14-1. A further figure shows through an aperture: this is increased by one unit up to 20, by a pin and rachet wheel, for every 14,000 double paces, ie 14 miles. Two gilt-brass indexes, one pierced. Also engraved on this face is a clinometer scale 45°-0°-45°.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
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Latest: 3 (Nov 2016)
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3 (Jan 1996) Compass needle and glass missing. Pull-rod missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1888
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1888,1201.328
