An 18th-Century brass compass sundial,
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An 18th-Century brass compass sundial,

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An 18th-Century brass compass sundial,
signed on the underside of the compass box L.Grasl and further engraved with latitudes of Stockholm 60, Wurzbur 49 and Lisbon 39, with engraved horizontal plate, folding latitude arc, the hour ring with folding gnomon -- 23/8in. (6cm) long; and similar Augsburg-pattern compass sundial by I.G. Vogler, the underside of the compass box engraved with the latitudes of ten cities including Jerusalem 32 -- 2in. (5.1cm) long

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