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Driving Clock for Telescope, by Emco, London, c. 1860

Inventory Number 54598


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.54598

Item type
Object
Makers
Emco
Provenance
Presented by R T Gunther. Thomas Cooke.
Primary inscriptions
Punched "EMCO LONDON 14"
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Metal
Object type
Clock
Dimensions
Height: 185mm Width: 185mm Depth: 170mm
Inventory No
54598

Description

Square framed clock mechanism with the cogs and gears held between two square sheets of metal, with one copper alloy ring with a screw thread on the inside. Used with a 6" equatorial telescope by Thomas Cooke.