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A MID 18TH-CENTURY BACK-STAFF
in box and rosewoods, the great arc inscribed over both sides with divisions for declinations, place and assention, and scales for 'North' and 'South' suns and month division between March and June, inset plaque indistinctly signed in ink, original sight and lesser-arc shadow vane (lacking lens) -- 25in. (63.5cm.) long
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in box and rosewoods, the great arc inscribed over both sides with divisions for declinations, place and assention, and scales for 'North' and 'South' suns and month division between March and June, inset plaque indistinctly signed in ink, original sight and lesser-arc shadow vane (lacking lens) -- 25in. (63.5cm.) long
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