Inventory no. 20028 - Former Display Label
English STEELYARD
c.1700
Brass and steel. Signed, "John Rowley fecit"; undated.
There are two possible positions for the suspension hook; the one to be used is determined by the weight of the object to be measured.
[Orrery Collection, no. 44]
Lent by Christ Church.
Other narratives:
- Two types of balance
- Former Display Label - The Orrery Collection of Scientific Instruments
- Former Display Label - The Principal Makers of Instruments in the Orrery Collection
- Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory
- Orrery Collection in print
- Accession Record : Extract from Annual Report for 1925