Miniature Phillip 2nd Sundial Beach This projection was successfully applied

This projection was successfully applied in a new type of astrolabe that offered remarkable advantages over its predecessors because it could be used in any Northern latitude

With a "weight ball" to check the balance of the instrument

Original on Greenwich National Maritime Museum and copy on Museo Naval de Madrid

The compass is crafted of a wooden base with brass lid

Miniature Phillip 2nd Sundial Beach This projection was successfully appliedMiniature sundial. Height sundial. Unusual piece. From the end of 16th century. Original on British Museum, London. This vertical disk sundial from the end of the 16th century is an unusual piece: one side has an effigy of King Philip II of Spain and the other side is a sundial. The original piece, made of bronze, is in the British Museum of London. Between the 16th and 17th century, a close link existed between Spain and the Low Countries marked by