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Case of Owen Portable Circle

Inventory Number 11309


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11309

Item type
Object
Other inscriptions
"Owen Portable Circle (a)"
Object type
Telescope
Dimensions
Height: 171mm Width: 216mm Depth: 191mm Weight: 1249g
Inventory No
11309

Description

Wooden box with hinged lid, built for storing the Owen Portable Circle. Box has a key operated lock and has inbuilt dividers and wooden pegs for holding parts of Portable Circle. Box has segment of a paper label attached to front.