Inventory no. 15472 - Former Display Label
English CIRCUMFERENTOR (or surveying compass)
c.1700
Brass; with blind-tooled leather-covered case. Signed, "J: Worgan fecit"; undated.
There is a socket for attaching the instrument to the ball and socket head of the oak folding tripod, also shown here.
[Orrery Collection, no. 15]
Lent by Christ Church
Other narratives:
- 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