The description and uses of the general horological-ring: or universal ring-dyal Being the invention of the late reverend Mr. W. Oughtred, as it is usually made of a portable pocket size. With a large and correct table of the latitudes of the principal places in every shire throughout England and Wales, &c. And several ways to find a meridian-line for the setting a horizontal dyal. By Henry Wynne, maker of mathematical instruments near the Sugar-loaf in Chancery-lane.

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Title: The description and uses of the general horological-ring: or universal ring-dyal Being the invention of the late reverend Mr. W. Oughtred, as it is usually made of a portable pocket size. With a large and correct table of the latitudes of the principal places in every shire throughout England and Wales, &c. And several ways to find a meridian-line for the setting a horizontal dyal. By Henry Wynne, maker of mathematical instruments near the Sugar-loaf in Chancery-lane.
Author: Wynn, Henry, d. 1709.
Publication: London :: printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford, for the author,; 1682.
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Subject terms: Oughtred, William, 1575-1660 -- Early works to 1800.; Scientific recreations -- Early works to 1800.; Sundials -- Early works to 1800.; Mathematical instruments -- Early works to 1800.
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Cite this Item: "The description and uses of the general horological-ring: or universal ring-dyal Being the invention of the late reverend Mr. W. Oughtred, as it is usually made of a portable pocket size. With a large and correct table of the latitudes of the principal places in every shire throughout England and Wales, &c. And several ways to find a meridian-line for the setting a horizontal dyal. By Henry Wynne, maker of mathematical instruments near the Sugar-loaf in Chancery-lane." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67225.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2025.

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April the 8. the Suns declination is 11 deg. North and its Meridian Altitude 49 deg. 28 m. now subtract 11 deg. from 49. 28. there rests 38 deg. 28 min. which subtracted again from 90 there rests 51 deg. 32. min. the Latitude required.