- Subject
- Measurement
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- William Harris & Co.
- Provenance
- Lot 21 Conrad W. Cooke Sale, 1926
- Primary inscriptions
- "Harris & Co./ Holborn London" [on compass rose]. "BY HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT./WILLIAM HARRIS & Co./ Manufacturers of/ Optical, Mathematical & Philosophical/ INSTRUMENTS,/ 50, High Holborn corner of Brownlow Street,/ LONDON and at HAMBURGH".
- Object type
- Clinometer
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 125mm
- Inventory No
- 95733
Description
copper alloy dial and projecting pieces for the sights; silvered-copper alloy compass rose and scale in four quadrants, with outer scale of 360°;copper alloy lid to dial marked "Diff of Hypo & Base" and two scales: 50°-0°-50°, and 30°-0°-30°; all in a mahogany case.
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