Accession No

6481

Brief Description

slide rule for gauging, by Isaac Carver, in boxwood, to the design of William Hunt, English, 1697

Origin

England; London

Maker

Carver, Isaac

Class

calculating; mathematics

Earliest Date

1697

Latest Date

1697

Inscription Date

1697

Material

wood (boxwood)

Dimensions

330mm (length)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Christie’s South Kensington, London. Lot no. 47 in the Travel, Science and Natural History sale, 23/9/2010.

Inscription

ISAAC . CARVER. fecit.
1697

Description Notes

Slide rule for gauging, boxwood, by Isaac Carver, to the design of William Hunt, English, 1697.

Boxwood slide rule, signed ISAAC . CARVER . fecit . 1697, with scales on all four sides of the body, Foot . M, Inches, Frus. Spheroid, 2 Form, 3 Form, Frus. Cone, Sines, V. Sine, Sines, Numb, [?], A, Chords, Msrrdl[?], Eq. Prs., Rumbs, Chords, V. Sine, Sines, Tange, S. Tang, Squar, Cube, D, [?]; the two slides with further scales Seg Sphear, Seg Circle, Seg. Cone, Seg. Parabolic Spind, Perif Elipsis; Root, 3 Form Lying, 3 Form Stand, 2 Form Lying, 2 Form Stand, Spheroid Lying, Spheroid Stand.

Condition: fair (2 cracks to the central column, wood missing from the lip on either edge); complete.

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