Circular Protractor, by J. Sisson, London, c. 1730 | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 26702 | ||||||||||
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| Persons: | J. Sisson | ||||||||||
| Date Created: | c. 1730 | ||||||||||
| Place Created: | London United Kingdom (England) Europe |
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| Accession Number: | 1925-43 | ||||||||||
| Brief Description: | English circular protractor Brass. Signed, "J. Sisson LONDON.". Undated; c.1730. This instrument is divided to half-degrees. Jonathan Sisson (?1694-1749), a maker of optical and mathematical instruments, "was considered specially adept at the precise divisions of scales". (Taylor, Math. Pract., 306) | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | Signed, "J. Sisson LONDON." | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925. | ||||||||||
| Collection Group: | Orrery Collection | ||||||||||
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