Accession No

0089

Brief Description

station pointer, by Cary, English, mid-19th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cary

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1825

Latest Date

1875

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, silver); wood

Dimensions

box length 435mm; breadth 172mm; height 53mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Dover on 01/01/1923.

Inscription

‘Cary London’

Description Notes

Brass station pointer. Circle with silver scale graduated 0 - 360˚ clockwise and anticlockwise to 30´. 3 spokes. Central half circle aperture through axis. One fixed plotting arm; two others moving round the central pivot. Clamp and slow motion screws on each arm. Vernier plate on each arm reading scale to 1´. Extension leg for each arm (screws for attachment missing).
Fitted wooden box with trade label for J.D. Potter, 31 Poultry, London.

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