Accession No

2222

Brief Description

field plotter, MK IV, by Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Ltd., 1916

Origin

Maker

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Ltd.

Class

surveying; military;

Earliest Date

1916

Latest Date

1916

Inscription Date

1916

Material

metal (steel, brass); glass

Dimensions

length 400mm; breadth 125mm; thickness 36mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 05/1969.

Inscription

‘PLOTTER, FIELD MK. IV TAYLOR, TAYLOR AND HOBSON LTD 1916 No 6440’

Description Notes

Steel. Two semi circles graduated on opposite sides 0-180o to 1o. Diameter of each extended and pierced with brass knurled screw clamps allowing one to slide over the other from exact co-incidence to 24 cms apart.
Diameters graduated 0-3500 by 50. Arm on each semi-circle graduated 21-65. Pierced and attached to each other by sliding clamps. Indicator arrow on window in arm reads semi-circle scale.

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