- Subject
- Electronic instruments
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- William Elliott
- Provenance
- Presented by H. R. Bristow in 2015. Purchased by the donor at an antiques fair in Tenterden, Kent.
- Primary inscriptions
- "W. ELLIOTT * 227 HIGH | HOLBORN LONDON" and "G. O. LEICESTER", presumably the name of the original owner.
- Object type
- Rule
- Dimensions
- Height: 16mm Width: 387mm Depth: 54mm Weight: 296g
- Inventory No
- 14679
- Accession Number
- 2015-3/4
Description
William Elliott was at 227 High Holborn (London) 1827-33; it is the earliest address to have been found on his surviving instruments. The same address is on the standard parallel rule (14680).
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