Dividers
Mariners used dividers for measuring distances on charts. This pair is made of brass with steel points. An inscription records that a Captain Kempthorne once owned them.
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Object Details
ID: | NAV0517 |
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Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
Type: | Dividers |
Display location: | Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | circa 1649 |
Exhibition: | Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 20 mm x 295 mm x 41 mm |
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