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Description Etzlaub's 1513 sundial ("Kompast" or "Compast"). Size of the instrument, which seems to be kept in USA, is 84 x 116 mm.
Instructions on the use of his sundials were given by Etzlaub in Codex ad Compastum Norembergensem which was kept by Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany, but seems lost.
Note: there are only two of Etzlaub's sundials known to exist. The 1511 item is kept by Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.
Date (object) 1925 (photograph by Joseph Drecker (1853--1931).
Source http://www.wilhelmkruecken.de/Etzlaub/drecker25minBW.JPG
Author Erhard Etzlaub / Joseph Drecker
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current15:39, 21 February 2007Thumbnail for version as of 15:39, 21 February 2007507 × 462 (55 KB)I.R. Annie IP.
10:47, 21 February 2007Thumbnail for version as of 10:47, 21 February 2007400 × 283 (42 KB)I.R. Annie IP.{{Information |Description= Etzlaub's 1513 sundial ("Kompast" or "Compast"). Size of the instrument, which seems to be kept in USA, is 84 x 116 mm. <br/>Instructions on the use of his sundials were given by Etzlaub in ''Codex ad Compastum Norembergensem''

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