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Plotting Scale, 5-inch, by S. Horseman, English, Early 18th Century

Inventory Number 74169

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.74169

Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Primary inscriptions
'S HORSEMAN'
Dimensions
Height: 0.2cm Width: 12.6cm Depth: 4.5cm Weight: 0.1kg
Inventory No
74169
Accession Number
1925-43

Description

Brass English 5-inch plotting scale signed "S HORSEMAN", with fish-skin covered case. Undated. Early 18th century.

There are scales of 1/10, 1/20, 1/30, 1/100, 1/200 and 1/300 of an inch.

Stephen Horseman (fl. 1702-24) was an instrument-maker and a clock-maker. He was the apprentice and successor of Daniel Quare.

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