Accession No

5831

Brief Description

horary quadrant, paper on brass, with leather pouch, by Henry Sutton, English, 1658

Origin

England; London

Maker

Sutton, Henry

Class

horology; dials

Earliest Date

1658

Latest Date

1658

Inscription Date

1658

Material

paper; metal (brass); hide (leather)

Dimensions

radius 112mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Trevor Philip and Sons Ltd., London, England, on 13/06/2001. Acquired with a 50% grant from the PRISM fund.

Inscription

1658
H: Sutton fecit.

Description Notes

paper-faced brass horary quadrant, with leather pouch, by Henry Sutton, English, 1658.

Paper faced brass quadrant dated 1658 with leather pouch by H. Sutton. The quadrant incorporates a calendar scale, five star positions, degree scale, sites and plumb-bob cord (plumb-bob missing). The quadrant has an arc of four and a quarter inches.

Both quadrant and pouch are in fair condition; the verso of the quadrant is covered in verdigris.

[NOTE: On 14/07/2015 XRF analysis was conducted on this instrument. Results and analysis are given in the ‘Notes’ field.]

References

Boris Jardine; 'The Sutton-type quadrant'; Explore Whipple Collections online article; Whipple Museum of the History of Science; University of Cambridge; 2006: https://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-whipple-collections/astronomy/incomparable-mr-sutton/sutton-type-quadrant

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