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Pedometer, by Apps, London, c. 1871

Inventory Number 47704


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.47704

Subject
Surveying
Item type
Object
Makers
Apps
Provenance
Presented by A.W. Pullan.
Primary inscriptions
"APPS 433 STRAND LONDON" [on white enamelled dial].
Physical material
Silver and glass
Object type
Pedometer
Dimensions
Diameter: 42mm Height: 58mm Depth: 11mm Weight: 49g
Inventory No
47704
Accession Number
1976-11

Description

Silver watch-type case, hall marked in London with the date letter for 1871. The dial is marked to XII miles as in a watch, with quarter mile divisions.