Accession No

1366

Brief Description

spherometer by Soleil; C19

Origin

Paris; France

Maker

Soleil

Class

weights & measures

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, white metal); wood (mahogany, other); glass; hide (leather)

Dimensions

object height 111mm; breadth 106mm; depth 98mm box breadth 186mm; depth 185mm; height 150mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘Soleil à Paris’ (on dial)

Description Notes

brass and white metal spherometer with three legs and central knurled screw passing through dial plate which is divided 0 to [500] numbered by 20, subdivided to 1

second scale attatched to one of the legs, divded 0 to 100 numbered by 10, subdivided to 1

two small clear glass discs and one large frosted glass disc

mahogany box with brass hinges, handle and hook fastener; paper label pasted inside lid reads ‘1 Rev = 0.02 English Inch Distance of feet 4.032 Distance of one from centre 2.310 Log 1/2 Square of [Jo ?] 0.42619 Thickness of Glass disks 0.2’; paper label on outside of box reads ‘Spherometer’

condition good; complete

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