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Navigator's Slide Rule, by Nairne and Blunt, London, Late 18th Century

Inventory Number 48301


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.48301

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Radcliffe Observatory.
Primary inscriptions
Stamped on stock "* NAIRNE & BLUNT * / * LONDON * "; written in ink " - Radcliffe Observatory - ".
Physical material
Boxwood
brass
Object type
Slide rule
Dimensions
Height: 20mm Width: 827mm Depth: 65mm Weight: 0.5kg
Inventory No
48301

Description

To the design of John Robertson, as published by William Mountaine in 1778. Nairne and Blunt's partnership ran from 1774 to 1793 (Clifton).