A late 18th-Century brass Augsburg-pattern equinoctial compass sundial,
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A late 18th-Century brass Augsburg-pattern equinoctial compass sundial,

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A late 18th-Century brass Augsburg-pattern equinoctial compass sundial,
signed on the underside of the compass box And Vogl, further engraved Elev Poli Augsburg Paris 48 Cracau Prag 50 Leipzig Cölln 51 London 52, the hour ring with engraved graduations I-XII (x2) and sprung gnomon, the latitude arc graduated 0-83 (30 shown twice) with no plummet support or plummet, the compass with four cardinal points, wind rose, iron needle with brass cap and glazed cover -- 2¼in. (5.8cm.) wide

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