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Folding Plane Table Frame, English, 19th Century

Inventory Number 45671


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45671

Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay in 1944.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Boxwood and brass
Dimensions
Height: 417mm Width: 339mm Weight: 0.3kg
Inventory No
45671
Accession Number
1944-1/part

Description

Both sides have scales of inches along each edge, with zero in the middle; one side has a scale of 360 degrees running around the circumference; the other has a scale of 180 degrees, which is not centered on the middle of the plane table.