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JOHANN MARTIN (1642-1721) À AUGSBOURG

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JOHANN MARTIN (1642-1721) À AUGSBOURG
Equinoctial sundial in silver and gilt brass, the folding index and plumb bob engraved with openwork scrolls facing each other, the square plate signed "Johann Martin in Augsburg", engraved with the latitudes of European cities, and bearing a perpetual calendar on the reverse.
Circa 1700
6 x 6 cm - Gross weight. 75,98 g

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Copy reproduced in the catalog of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science,
Cambridge (n°252)