- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Cary & Co
- Provenance
- Not ascertained. Used by Admiral C.E. Monro in China. Brass plaque on lid: "C>E> MONRO R.N.".
- Primary inscriptions
- "CARY & Co.,/ (HENRY PORTER)/ OPTICIANS & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKERS,/ TO THE ADMIRALTY, &C./ 7, PALL MALL, LONDON, S.W./ LATE OF 181, STRAND, W.C./ ESTABLISHED 1765/ TWO DOORS EAST FROM WATERLOO PLACE,/ OPTICIANS TO THE ROYAL LONDON OPTHALMIC HOSPITAL"
- Object type
- Artificial horizon
- Dimensions
- Height: 202mm Width: 205mm Depth: 120mm
- Inventory No
- 43757
- Accession Number
- 1927-26
Description
Iron tray with bright surface (and traces of mercury), black-finished copper alloy prism-shaped cover, wooden bottle with ivory top of mercury, and a circular copper alloy bubble level, all in a mahogany case. The case also contains a simple funnel made from a piece of chart showing the Pahang River.
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