Accession No

0394

Brief Description

circular protractor, 19th C

Origin

Maker

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

diameter 182mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection (?)

Provenance

Purchased from R. Middegales, Paris, in 04/1927.

Inscription

Description Notes

Divided 0 - 360˚, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 30´ round outer edge clockwise. Divided anticlockwise inside this 0 - 360˚, numbered by 10˚. Diameter bevelled with central index marked.

[Crudely repaired at beginning of scale by brass plate and solder. Edge cut away from 183˚ - 192˚ and 195.5˚ - 203˚. ?Once fitted to separate instrument]
(Edge also missing from 111˚-113˚, and from 356˚-360˚; 19-1-2000)

Condition: fair.

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