Accession No

4451

Brief Description

cymograph by Stanley, c.1900

Origin

London; England

Maker

Stanley

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood (pine); metal (brass, white metal); cloth (felt); paper (card); inorganic (graphite?)

Dimensions

box length 369mm; breadth 289mm; height 135mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract in 1992.

Inscription

‘Stanley, London.’ (one arm)

Description Notes

Pine box with brass hinges and hook fasteners and (attachments for carrying strap?). Fitted inside and partially lined with green felt. Wooden base board with black-painted metal clamp and grooves for two wooden struts. Other side of board carries sheet of card pinned to the board and the main part of the instrument. This consists of two pairs of pivoted arms, at one end fixed to brass rod slotting into underside of board, at other end carrying pencil holder and tracking ball which traces the outline of the object under study.

Condition good (box battered); complete.

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