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Plane-Table Alidade, English, c. 1700?
Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	29239
Object Type:	Object
Place Created:	England United Kingdom Europe
Accession Number:	1925-43
Brief Description:	English alidade for a plane-table. Brass. Unsigned and undated.?c.1700
Primary Inscriptions:
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 450 mm
Narratives Inventory no. 29239 - Former Display Label Instruments added to the Orrery Collection Former Display Label - The Orrery Collection of Scientific Instruments Former Display Label - The Principal Makers of Instruments in the Orrery Collection Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory Accession Record : Extract from Annual Report for 1925 Orrery Collection in print

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