Accession No

0399.2

Brief Description

box for dynameter [Wh.0399.], by Matthew Berge, English, 1810 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Berge, Matthew

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1819

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahogany); metal (brass, steel); cloth (worsted); paper

Dimensions

box length 367mm; breadth 78mm; height 75mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Found in collection and assigned a T-number, T304. But reunited with its object, Wh.0399, on 07/12/2016, and the object was then reclassified as Wh.0399.1 and the box Wh.0399.2.

Inscription

‘Ramsden’s
Dynameter’ (in ink on outside of box)

Description Notes

Box for dynameter by Berge (Wh.0399.1), English, c. 1810.

Fitted mahogany box with brass hinges and steel lock. Lined with green worsted. Contains 3 pieces of paper with extracts from Rees’s Cyclopedia (articles on micrometer and dynameter).

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