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Pedometer, Dutch?, 18th Century

Inventory Number 46413


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.46413

Subject
Surveying
Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated.
Physical material
Brass and blued steel
Object type
Pedometer
Dimensions
Height: 60mm Width: 50mm Depth: 12mm
Inventory No
46413

Description

Brass case with hinged lid and clip to attach to the person, revealing a dial with two hands: units by the larger hand (one unit per click) and 100-10,000 by the small. Both hands of bued steel. Cord terminates in a small bone oval plate with a key-hole shaped aperture.