Horizontal dial
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Setting:Room II
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Maker:Nicolas Bion
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Place:Paris
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Date:ca. 1710
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Materials:brass; case: fishskin, velvet
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Dimensions:75x68 mm
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Inventory:2475
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Octagonal horizontal dial with gnomon and magnetic compass for orientation. Complete with case lined in red velvet. The instrument is signed by Nicolas Bion.
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