Simple Theodolite, by John Worgan, London, c. 1700 |
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Inventory Number: | 15472
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Object Type: | Object
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Persons: |
John Worgan |
Date Created: | c. 1700
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Place Created: | London United Kingdom (England) Europe
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Subject Classification(s): |
Surveying |
Accession Number: | 1925-43
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Primary Inscriptions: | Signed "J: Worgan fecit".
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Provenance: | Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
This instrument is not readily idenitifiable in Thomas Wright's original inventory of the Orrery Collection, but its inclusion has been accepted by both R.T. Gunther (Early Science in Oxford, vol. I (Oxford, 1923), 368-9) and A.J. Turner (Early Scientific Instruments: Europe 1400-1800 (London: Sotheby's, 1987), p. 241).
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Collection Group: |
Orrery Collection |
Dimensions: |
Height |
Width |
Depth |
Diameter |
Unit |
22.6 |
34 |
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32.8 |
cm |
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Narratives |
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