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Altazimuth Theodolite, by Humfrey Cole, London, 1586
Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	55130
Object Type:	Object
Persons:	Humphrey Cole
Date Created:	1586
Place Created:	London United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s):	Surveying
Accession Number:	1924-37 and 1951-54
Primary Inscriptions:	"H. Cole . 1586" on strut on horizontal circle, and also on vertical semicircle
Provenance:	Lent by St John's College.
Collection Group:
Material(s):	Brass
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 21 25.5 20 cm
Narratives Inventory no. 55130 - Epact entry Inventory no. 55130 - Former Display Label Inv. 55130 - Beeson and the reconstitution of the theodolite Bennett, J. and Johnston, S., The Geometry of War, 1500-1750 (Oxford, 1996) The sixteenth century Inventory No. 55130 - Exhibition Label 'Compass & Rule; Architecture as Mathematical Practice in England 1500-1750'

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