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An 18th-Century Augsburg-pattern gilt-brass and silvered equinoctial compass sundial,
signed Nicolaus Rugendas Augsp.48, the hour ring with Arabic numerals and spring-loaded gnomon, the silvered folding latitude arc engraved 0-90, with spring-loaded levelling support and plummet, the silvered compass with rotating central volvelle for 30 either side of SEPTEMBRIO (for variational setting), the underside of the compass box with knob for central volvelle and engraved with the latitudes of thirty-six continental cities and towns -- 2in. (7cm.) long
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signed Nicolaus Rugendas Augsp.48, the hour ring with Arabic numerals and spring-loaded gnomon, the silvered folding latitude arc engraved 0-90, with spring-loaded levelling support and plummet, the silvered compass with rotating central volvelle for 30 either side of SEPTEMBRIO (for variational setting), the underside of the compass box with knob for central volvelle and engraved with the latitudes of thirty-six continental cities and towns -- 2in. (7cm.) long
See Colour Illustration