Nocturnal
Combined nocturnal, lunar dial and Rojas dial. Definitely a fake.
Nocturnal for use with Great Bear only. Compass on bracket support for suspension ring.
Obverse: Two rotatable discs and pointer arm pivoted to centre and held together by screw and wingnut in the manner of an astrolabe.
Main disc: Date scale divided anticlockwise to named month and subdivided to days. Within this is a zodiac scale divided to named sign and to 1 deg. Within this is a declination scale divided to 1 deg.
Lower rotatable disc: Shaped pointer. Teeth for marked hours. Hour scale anticlockwise subdivided to 15 min. Lonar-age scale divided clockwise.
Upper rotatable disc: Long pointer. Disc carries an aspectarium with circular aperture for pictorial representation of phases of the Moon.
Compass: Cardinal points marked by Italian initials. Needle missing. Glass cover plate.
Main disc: Degree scale to 1 deg.
Rotatable disc: Rojas projection. Declination parallels marked with zodiac signs. Hour lines from Pole to Pole. Two short pointers to set the latitude, and pivoted alidade with pinhole sights.
Nocturnal for use with Great Bear only. Compass on bracket support for suspension ring.
Obverse: Two rotatable discs and pointer arm pivoted to centre and held together by screw and wingnut in the manner of an astrolabe.
Main disc: Date scale divided anticlockwise to named month and subdivided to days. Within this is a zodiac scale divided to named sign and to 1 deg. Within this is a declination scale divided to 1 deg.
Lower rotatable disc: Shaped pointer. Teeth for marked hours. Hour scale anticlockwise subdivided to 15 min. Lonar-age scale divided clockwise.
Upper rotatable disc: Long pointer. Disc carries an aspectarium with circular aperture for pictorial representation of phases of the Moon.
Compass: Cardinal points marked by Italian initials. Needle missing. Glass cover plate.
Main disc: Degree scale to 1 deg.
Rotatable disc: Rojas projection. Declination parallels marked with zodiac signs. Hour lines from Pole to Pole. Two short pointers to set the latitude, and pivoted alidade with pinhole sights.
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Object Details
ID: | AST0127 |
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Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
Type: | Nocturnal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Giamin, Antonius; Unknown |
Date made: | 1596; 20th century |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 18 mm x 210 mm x 128 mm x 126 mm |