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History of Science Museum

Leather Wallet containing Stylus

Inventory Number 44640


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.44640

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
"380" handwritten in ink on faded labrl upon exterior of stylus.
Dimensions
Height: 85mm Width: 150mm Depth: 37mm Weight: 98g
Inventory No
44640

Description

Leather wallet with 8 small loops and 1 large loop to hold instruments, there are also two pockets.  Inside of the wallet, there is a cream-coloured plastic stylus with a threaded screw cap and a copper alloy ring partway down the shaft.  Contained within the plastic stylus are three fine metal tubes of varying lengths with holes along the tube.  One has 6 holes, one has 5, and the third has 3.  There are four spaces in the plastic stylus.