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Parallelogram Protractor, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700
Inventory Number:	32319
Object Type:	Object
Persons:	John Rowley
Date Created:	c. 1700
Place Created:	London United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s):	Mathematical instruments
Accession Number:	1925-43
Primary Inscriptions:	Signed, "I. Rowley fecit"
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 0.7 22.1 9.8 cm
Narratives Mathematical instruments by John Rowley Inventory no. 32319 - Former Display Label Bennett, J. and Johnston, S., The Geometry of War, 1500-1750 (Oxford, 1996) 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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