Hyperbolic Curves Template, by Nairne & Blunt, London, c. 1760 (MHS Record Details: Inventory number 17724)

Hyperbolic Curves Template, by Nairne & Blunt, London, c. 1760

Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	17724
Object Type:
Place Created:	London England United Kingdom Europe
Accession Number:	1925-43
Brief Description:	English brass template for drawing hyperbolic curves. Signed "Nairne & Blunt LONDON". Undated; c.1760. Silk-lined mahogany box.
Primary Inscriptions:	Signed "Nairne & Blunt LONDON"
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Narratives Inventory no. 17724 - Former Display Label Eighteenth-century geometrical instruments 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

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