Small heliostat on mahogany base/stand with clockwork drive

Made:: 1875-1885 in Dublin

maker:: Spencer & Son

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small heliostat on mahogany base/stand with clockwork drive, by Spencer and Son, Dublin, c.1880., owned and used by Sir William Abney, Royal Engineers, incomplete, lacks mirror

Details

Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1921-106

Materials:: mahogany (wood), metal, brass (copper, zinc alloy), iron and glass

Measurements:: overall: 210 mm x 405 mm x 165 mm, , 2.635kg

type:: ancillary instruments, astronomical instruments and heliostats (astronomical)

credit:: Lady Abney

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