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Surveyor's Sector, by Butterfield, Paris, c. 1700

Inventory Number 46250


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.46250

Subject
Surveying
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans.
Primary inscriptions
'BVTTERFIELD A PARIS'
Physical material
Brass
Dimensions
Height: 258mm Width: 360mm Depth: 290mm Weight: 1.6kg
Inventory No
46250
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Two pairs of detachable sights. Sectoral scales of equal parts, planes, polygons, chords, solids and metals; artillery scales of calibre and diameter and weight of shot. Attachment for plummet. Ball-and-socket joint for mounting on staff or tripod.