Artificial glass horizon (lacking level) in fitted fishskin case lined with purple velvet by an unknown English maker,1815-1825. A circular brass base on three levelling feet covered with a blackened glass plate serving as a mirror.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1987-1130
- credit:
- On loan from the Wellcome Trust