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Box of Graphic Recording Styluses, by Hawksley, London, c.1884

Inventory Number 14664


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.14664

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Department of Human Anatomy, Oxford, in 1937. Acquired for Oxford University (by Professor Arthur Thomson) from Francis Galton in 1895. Originally from Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory, London.
Dimensions
Height: 27mm Width: 124mm Depth: 63mm Weight: 143g
Inventory No
14664
Accession Number
1937-19

Description

Black leather fitted case with a purple felt lined interior signed "Hawksley Oxford Street London" in gold. Containing three metal styluses marked 200, 100 and 50.