Accession No

0278

Brief Description

compendium with thermometer, dial and compass, by C. Essex and Company, English, mid-19th century

Origin

England; London

Maker

C. Essex and Company

Class

dials; thermometry; geomagnetism

Earliest Date

1825

Latest Date

1875

Inscription Date

Material

ivory; metal (mercury, brass); paper; glass

Dimensions

diameter 65 mm; thickness 29 mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from M.S. Hakin, London, in 08/1926.

Inscription

‘C. ESSEX & CO
LONDON’
‘Entered at Stationers Hall.’

Description Notes

Compendium with thermometer, sundial and compass, C. Essex & Co, mid-19th century.

Turned ivory case with screw-fit lid. In the case a mercury-in-glass thermometer bent to fit a circular scale divided 10˚F - [118˚]F, numbered by 10˚F, divided to 2˚. Scale marked ‘F’, ‘T’, ‘S.H’, B.H’, and ‘F.H’. Horizontal dial (in detachable ivory case; 1-2-2000) set on a compass card plate with hour scale divided IIII - XII, I - VIII, numbered by I, divided to 15 minutes. 16-point compass rose, 8 marked by initial. Engraved paper dial.

Condition: fair (parts loose); complete.

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