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Navigational scale

Creator
Manufacturer
InscriptionsInvd. by H. Ewington Bath, \ Manufactur'd by the Patentees \ Still, Old, & Co, Bristol; sur le pivot du bras C : PATENT
Date About 1812
Medium / Technique Metal: brass
Cut, varnished and engraved
DimensionsHeight: 20.2 cm (7 15/16 in.) Length: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Surveying & Navigational T&E - Navigational Equipment
Origin Bristol, England, Europe
Object Number1997.1
DivisionMaterial Culture - Objects of Science and Technology
CollectionStewart
CreditPurchase
Status
Not on view

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