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Halftone Printing Blocks of Elias Allen Quadrant and Other Savilian Instruments, 1937

Inventory Number 10819


Item type
Object
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Wood
Paper
Object type
Quadrant
Inventory No
10819

Description

Seven copperplate halftone printing blocks. Two show the mounted three-foot quadrant, the others show details of the scales and signature on the various Savilian observatory instruments by and attributed to Elias Allen. Made to illustrate R. T. Gunther's article in The Observatory, 1937. With envelope.