Mercury Level?, English, Eighteenth Century? | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 16229 | ||||||||||
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| Place Created: | England United Kingdom Europe |
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| Brief Description: | Mahogany box with a hinged lid and 2 copper alloy clasps. It contains a thick white marble disc with hollowed out surface connected to a hole in the top edge, with a glass cover plate, and a boxwood bottle with copper alloy stopper, containing mercury. The mercury can be poured into the hollowed out portion via the hole to form a flat pool of mercury with a bubble, which can be used as a levelling instrument. There is also an iron alloy key. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | Unsigned and undated. | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Not ascertained. | ||||||||||
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| Material(s): |
Mahogany Boxwood Copper Alloy Iron Alloy Marble Glass Mercury | ||||||||||
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There are no associated narratives. | |||||||||||
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