Horary quadrant with Gunter projection

This brass quadrant with Gunter scales is an unusual example as the scales on the reverse scale read in the opposite direction to other quadrants of the same type.

A brass Gunter quadrant for latitude 51˚ North. Obverse: degree scale along circumference, divided anticlockwise 1-90, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 1˚. The date scale runs from winter solstice to summer solstice and back again, divided to 2 days, except near the solstices. The Equator and Tropics are drawn parallel to circumference. Declination scale on left-hand edge <DIVIDED>. Line of the eclitpic

Object Details

ID: ZBA2377
Collection: Astronomical and navigational instruments
Type: Horary quadrant with Gunter projection
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1640
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 130 mm
Parts: Horary quadrant with Gunter projection