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Quadrant for Levelling?, by Jacques Baradelle, Paris, 18th Century

Inventory Number 39981

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.39981

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.39981

Subject: Navigation; Quadrants
Item type: Object
Makers: Baradelle
Provenance: From the Lewis Evans Collection
Primary inscriptions: "Inventé par Jacques Baradelle AParis"
Physical material: Brass
Object type: Quadrant
Dimensions: Height: 181mm Width: 30mm
Inventory No: 39981
Accession Number: 1924-0/part

Description

Quadrant with degree scale (0-90 both ways) mounted on base. Needle indicates against scale. Purpose of instrument unclear.

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