Pienmen nephoscope
A brass mounted black glass reflector top which fits over the top of the bowl which can be rotated. It is fitted with two wooden knobs and a vertical arm which is graduated 2-11 and which can be raised or lowered by a worm screw. The black glass reflector carrried a circumferential scale.
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Object Details
ID: | ACO0655.1 |
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Type: | Pienmen nephoscope |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | Unknown |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
Measurements: | Overall: 119 mm x 175 mm x 142 mm |