Accession No

0138

Brief Description

waywiser, hodometer or perambulator, by Benjamin Martin, English, 1765 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Martin, Benjamin

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1765

Latest Date

1765

Inscription Date

Material

metal (iron, brass, silver); wood (mahogany); glass

Dimensions

height 1404mm; diameter of wheel 806mm; breadth 340mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

The association of this object with the Whipple collection is uncertain.

Inscription

‘B. Martin LONDON’ (on dial plate)

Description Notes

Six spoked iron shod mahogany wheel with mahogany handle. Geared drive from the axle cased within forks leading to recording mechanism set below handle, under glazed cover. Brass dial plate with silvered pierced scale plate; pair of central hands the longer turning over scale of ‘Furlongs’ and ‘Poles’ calibrated 0-VIII Furlongs by I and 0-40 eight times. The shorter turns over a scale of ‘miles’; calibrated 0-50 to 1 mile. Eccentric scale and separate hand for links of a decimal Gunter chain calibrated 0-100.

Condition: good.

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