Six small pieces of quartz rod

Made:: 1887-1892 in England

maker:: Charles Vernon Boys

Six small pieces of quartz rod (two broken into fragments

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Six small pieces of quartz rod (two broken into fragments
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Six small pieces of quartz rod (two broken into fragments, one into 4 fragments) associated with Charles Vernon Boys' original bow for shooting quartz fibres, England, 1887.

Details

Category:: Heat

Object Number:: 1931-252

Materials:: quartz

Measurements:: overall: 7 mm x 14 mm x 10 mm, , .005kg
two: x 24 mm x , 1 mm,
one: x 40 mm x , 9 mm,

type:: rod

credit:: Boys, Sir Charles Vernon

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