Accession No

2562

Brief Description

clinometer with compass and rule, by Newton and Co, late 19th C

Origin

3 Fleet Street; London; England

Maker

Newton & Co

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, white metal; steel); glass; wood (boxwood and one other); cloth (velvet, satin); hide (leather)

Dimensions

length (closed) 163mm; breadth 68mm; depth 12mm box length 177mm; breadth 62mm; thickness 20mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 5/6/1980. Transferred from Solar Physics Laboratory, Cambridge to the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, unknown date. Transferred to Cambridge University in 1913 when Solar Physics Laboratory, South Kensington moved to Cambridge (renamed Solar Physics Laboratory, Cambridge). (?) originally owned by the Solar Physics Laboratory, South Kensington, London (founded 1878).

Inscription

‘NEWTON & CO. 3 FLEET ST. LONDON.’ (one arm)
‘SOLAR PHYSICS
50’ (hinge quadrant)

Description Notes

Clinometer with compass and rule. Jointed one foot boxwood ruler, graduated in inches and tenths with brass hinge. One arm carries two folding pinhole and window sights, bubble level and graduated quadrant, divided [0] - [90˚], numbered by 10˚, divided to 1˚. This quadrant is for measuring between the arms. The other has a bubble level, an inset compass, a table for converting degrees into gradients and another table ‘RISE IN INCHES PER YARD’.
Wooden box covered with leather and lined with blue velvet and blue satin. Brass hinges and push-button fastener. Piece missing at one end.

Condition good (box fair); complete.

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