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Simple Theodolite, by John Worgan, London, c. 1700
Inventory Number:	15472
Object Type:	Object
Persons:	John Worgan
Date Created:	c. 1700
Place Created:	London United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s):	Surveying
Accession Number:	1925-43
Primary Inscriptions:	Signed "J: Worgan fecit".
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).
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 22.6 34 32.8 cm
Narratives Inventory no. 15472 - Former Display Label Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory 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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