Accession No

3038

Brief Description

machine gun protractor, attributed to J. H. Steward, English, 1/2 20th Century

Origin

England; London [based on attributed maker]

Maker

J. H. Steward [attributed]

Class

military

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

plastic (celluloid)

Dimensions

length 140mm; width 71mm

Special Collection

Steward collection

Provenance

Collection purchased from member of the Steward family, 1974.

Inscription

‘Machine Gun
protractor.’ (bottom right)

Description Notes

Machine gun protractor, bottom half only (protractor itself is missing). Rectangle of transparent celluloid with rectangular aperture at right hand end. Most of the space is occupied with a table relating range to various other factors. Right hand end has ‘graticules for Vickers gun using Mark VII ammunition. to be held 18´´ from the eye.’ Graticules divided 0 - 2000, numbered by 100.

Condition fair; incomplete (top section missing)

References

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