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Observer's Chair from the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, Probably Late 18th Century

Inventory Number 93049


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.93049

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Radcliffe Trustees in 1933. From the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford.
Physical material
Wood
Iron
Leather
Dimensions
Height: 1170mm Width: 400mm Depth: 615mm Weight: 17kg
Inventory No
93049
Accession Number
1933-17

Description

A black leather chair with a wooden frame and an Iron set of gears that can recline the back of the chair. The gears are controlled by a handle on the side of the chair. The chair is on rollers.