Accession No

0289

Brief Description

waywiser dial, 1800 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, alloy)

Dimensions

height 203mm; breadth 180mm; depth 50mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Acquired in 09/1926.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass scale plates. Metal alloy body. Face; two hands (badly rusted). The longer turning over scale of ‘Furlongs’ and ‘Poles’; the shorter turning over scale of ‘miles’. Calibrated I-VIII Furlongs; and poles 0-40 eight times. Miles scale 0-50 subdivided to 1 mile. Eccentric scale for links of a decimal Gunter calibrated 0-100. Hand missing. Behind face system of parallel plates and cog wheels attached to shaft.

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