Accession No

3716

Brief Description

extended arm protractor, by Etienne Lenoir, French, 1800 (c)

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Lenoir, Etienne

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

length 453mm; breadth 175mm; thickness 7mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Historical Technology Inc., Massachussetts, USA, 1988.

Inscription

‘Lenoir à Paris’ (base)

Description Notes

extended arm protractor, by Lenoir, French, c. 1800.

Extended arm protractor in brass, divided to 30 minutes of arc and read by vernier to 1 minute.

Condition good; complete.

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