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Douglas Reflecting Protractor, by Cary, London, Early 19th Century

Inventory Number 82272

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.82272

Item type
Object
Makers
Cary
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
"Cary, London.".
Other inscriptions
Written in pencil on the undeside of the lid: "Sir Howard Douglas / Reflecting Semicircle / Belonged to Admiral Henry Dundas Trotter." (on whom, see the Oxford DNB).
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Protractor
Inventory No
82272

Description

Brass, with vernier and a plotting scale in yards. Similar to inv. no. 44594. In fitted mahogany case, the top of whose folding lid is detached.

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