Accession No

0509

Brief Description

Clinometer, c.1700

Origin

Germany (?)

Maker

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1700

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel)

Dimensions

length 324mm; height 157mm; depth 22mm case length 351mm; breadth 186mm; height 45mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.H. Court on 28/05/1927.

Inscription

‘I.R’ (on pierced semi-circle)

Description Notes

Brass semi-circle with degree scale divided 90 - 0 - 90 numbered by 10 subdivided to 15´; read by steel needle mounted on couter-weight behind second decorative pierced semi-circle. Rule along base with 4 scales: scale of inches each subdivided to different amounts; scale marked ‘V’ divided 0 - 32 and 1 - 125; scale marked ‘S’ divided 0 - 32 and 1 - 70; scale marked ‘L’ divided 0 - 32 and 1 - 125.
Fitted oak box.

Condition good; complete

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