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Circumferentor, by Benjamin Cole, London, c. 1750

Inventory Number 52413


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.52413

Subject
Surveying
Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained
Object type
Circumferentor
Dimensions
Diameter: 144mm
Inventory No
52413

Description

Copper alloy and silvered copper alloy circumferentor with an altitude arc and telescopic sight. The compass is on a mounted socket which the detachable telescope can be attached to.