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Semicircular Protractor, by Jonathan Sisson, London, c. 1730

Inventory Number 48965


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.48965

Item type
Object
Object type
Protractor
Inventory No
48965

Description

With index arm carrying radial verniers; in fishskin-covered case.

Unusual for the amount of decoration, the signature in capitals, and the accompanying 'I S S' with sun symbol (of unknown meaning, unless it represents Sisson's own name).