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Slide Rule, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700
Inventory Number:	27956
Object Type:	Object
Persons:	John Rowley
Date Created:
Place Created:	London United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s):	Calculation
Accession Number:	1925-43
Primary Inscriptions:	Signed, "I: Rowley. fec:"
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Material(s):	Ivory and brass
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 0.6 24.6 2.8 cm
Narratives Mathematical instruments by John Rowley Inventory no. 27956 - Former Display Label Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory Orrery Collection in print Accession Record : Extract from Annual Report for 1925 Former Display Label - The Orrery Collection of Scientific Instruments Former Display Label - The Principal Makers of Instruments in the Orrery Collection

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