- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Transferred from the Radcliffe Observatory.
- Primary inscriptions
- "BOTH BEARS" stamped on the handle. See Notes for further inscriptions.
- Physical material
- Pear wood and brass
- Object type
- Nocturnal
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 115mm Height: 246mm
- Inventory No
- 36488
Description
Wooden disc with integral handle; double index rotating disc; long index arm. Circular table on reverse. With a Radcliffe Observatory tag indicating the instrument was part of the 1919 loan exhibition at the Bodleian, and with the name of Dr A.A. Rambaut, Radcliffe Observer
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