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History of Science Museum

Unidentified Apparatus

Inventory Number 11040


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11040

Item type
Object
Physical material
Wood
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 68mm Width: 678mm Depth: 210mm Weight: 1950g
Inventory No
11040

Description

Wooden board with two parallel rows of sliding blocks (five on each side), each of which has a shallow threaded hole for a grub screw. Five grub screws accompany the apparatus. The apparatus is incomplete, with marks for hinges suggesting it extended further or there were other accessories attached.