Accession No

1777

Brief Description

Brass protractor, French, early eighteenth-century.

Origin

France

Maker

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1750

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

length 127mm; breadth 98mm; (diameter 106mm; index arm radius 81mm)

Special Collection

Holden-White collection

Provenance

On loan from The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. Donated by Charles Holden-White to the Fitzwilliam Museum. C. Holden-White collection no. 1935-131.

Inscription

Description Notes

Graduated [0] - 180˚ clockwise, numbered by 10˚, divided to 1˚, and graduated anticlockwise [0] - 180˚, numbered by 10˚. Also graduated for sides of regular polygons 20-4-20, numbered by 5 (numbered by 1, 10-4-10; 14-1-2000), divided to 1.
Engraved decoration on the index arm and hinge and on radial arms.

Condition: fair.

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