Mercury-Type Artificial Horizon, by Thomas Jones, London, c. 1840 | |||||||||||
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| Object is on display. | |||||||||||
| Inventory Number: | 41159 | ||||||||||
| Object Type: | Object | ||||||||||
| Persons: | Thomas Jones | ||||||||||
| Date Created: | c. 1840 | ||||||||||
| Place Created: | London United Kingdom (England) Europe |
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| Subject Classification(s): | Navigation Calculation | ||||||||||
| Accession Number: | 1932-8 | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | Engraved on cover "Thomas Jones / Charing Cross / London"; trade label inside case; two ownership plaques on lid. | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Lent by the Royal Society in 1932.
Owned and used by Captain William E. Parry, R.N., on his Arctic voyage in 1827, and afterwards presented to W. Salmon, R.N., by Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour on H.M.S. Cumberland at Halifax, 13 March 1854. | ||||||||||
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| Material(s): |
Iron brass mercury and glass; mahogany case | ||||||||||
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