Skip to content
History of Science Museum

Octant, by Dring & Fage, London, 19th Century

Inventory Number 44939


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.44939

Subject
Navigation
Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
"DRING & FAGE. LONDON" punched on ivory plate.
Physical material
Ebony
ivory
brass and glass
Object type
Octant
Inventory No
44939
Accession Number
1944-1/part

Description

Ebony 10" T-frame with brass index; ivory scale with clamp and tangent screw vernier; pinhole sight, index and horizon glass with fine adjustment; one set of three shades; pencil top and scratch plate missing.