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Sector, English, c. 1800

Inventory Number 42676


Item type
Object
Physical material
ivory
Brass
Object type
Sector
Dimensions
Height: 162mm Width: 36mm Depth: 2mm
Inventory No
42676

Description

Ivory 6 inch sector with brass hinge fittings. Typical English pattern with sine and two tangent sectoral scales on one side, and a double logarithmic scale of numbers and sine and tangent single scales. The reverse has lines, chords and secant sectoral scales and inches, inclination of the meridian, chords, latitude and hours as single scales. The outer edge is a decimal foot.