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Sector, Attributed to Elias or John Allen, London, c. 1620-30

Inventory Number 14776


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.14776

Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Sector
Dimensions
Height: 0.6cm Width: 33cm Depth: 7.1cm Weight: 1124g
Inventory No
14776
Accession Number
1925-43

Description

Brass English 12- inch Gunter's sector, possibly dating to around1620-30, with a wood case. Unsigned and undated, but the style of the numerals suggests the makers Elias or John Allen.

This sector includes the scales of metals, of meridional parts and trigonometrical functions.