Sector, Attributed to Elias or John Allen, London, c. 1620-30 (MHS Record Details: Inventory number 14776)

Sector, Attributed to Elias or John Allen, London, c. 1620-30

Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	14776
Object Type:	Object
Persons:	Elias Allen
Date Created:	c. 1620-30
Place Created:	London England United Kingdom Europe
Accession Number:	1925-43
Brief Description:	Brass English 12- inch Gunter's sector, possibly dating to around1620-30, with a wood case. Unsigned and undated, but the style of the numerals suggests the makers Elias or John Allen. This sector includes the scales of metals, of meridional parts and trigonometrical functions.
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Material(s):	Brass
Narratives Inventory no. 14776 - Former Display Label Instruments added to the Orrery Collection 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

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