Glover's sector

Made:: 1839-1850 in Charing Cross

maker:: Thomas Jones

Glover's sector, compendium in electrum and boxwood

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Glover's sector, compendium in electrum and boxwood
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Glover's sector, compendium in electrum and boxwood, patented 1839 by Frederick Robert Augustus Glover and made by Thomas Jones, 62 Charing Cross, London

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Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1986-1386

Materials:: electrum, boxwood, brass and glass

Measurements:: overall: 8 x 180 x 63 mm

type:: rule (compendium)

credit:: Tesseract

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