Machine for dividing and ruling the brass meridian rings of globes &c

Made:: 1755-1775 in London

maker:: James Ferguson

Machine for dividing and ruling the brass meridian rings of

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Machine for dividing and ruling the brass meridian rings of globes &c, made by James Ferguson

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1876-999

Materials:: brass

type:: dividing engines and globes (cartographic spheres)

credit:: Bennet Woodcroft Bequest

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Machine for dividing and ruling the brass meridian rings of globes &c

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