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Case for a Suxspeach Universal Slide Rule, London, 1755

Inventory Number 46685

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.46685

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Radcliffe Observatory.
Primary inscriptions
Gold-tooled "J. SUXSPEACH'S 1755 / CATHOLICORGANON"
Object type
Slide rule
Dimensions
Height: 33mm Width: 334mm Depth: 59mm Weight: 0.099kg
Inventory No
46685

Description

Gold-tooled leather case with ends missing. There is a flap to cover a pocket, perhaps to store the plumb bob which accompanied the instrument (see Suxspeach's pamphlet for an illustration).

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