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Graphometer, English, c. 1700
Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	17420
Object Type:	Object
Place Created:	England United Kingdom Europe
Accession Number:	1925-43
Brief Description:	Brass graphometer, or surveying semicircle, Unsigned and undated. With folding tripod. The instrument was invented by Philip Danfrie, of Paris, about 1597.
Primary Inscriptions:
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 315 mm
Narratives Surveying instruments: plane table and graphometer Inventory no. 17420 - Former Display Label 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 Accession Record : Extract from Annual Report for 1925 Orrery Collection in print

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