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Gunnery instrument - dividers
Gilt brass with steel hinged tips that pivot.
Folds flat to give four faces, each with an engraved scale.
[scale 1:] 1-100 non-linear
[scale 2:] 1-100 non-linear (shorter than 1)
[scale 3:] 1-50 non-linear
[scale 4:] 1-12 linear, each unit = 24 mm
Folds flat to give four faces, each with an engraved scale.
[scale 1:] 1-100 non-linear
[scale 2:] 1-100 non-linear (shorter than 1)
[scale 3:] 1-50 non-linear
[scale 4:] 1-12 linear, each unit = 24 mm
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV0539 |
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| Type: | Gunnery instrument - dividers |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | 1597 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 360 x 6 x 5 mm (unfolded); 185 x 11 x 5 mm (folded) |