Box of sixty boxwood calculating rods
- Made:
- 1690-1710
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Box of sixty boxwood calculating rods, four missing, inked on four faces for calculations to base 60, late 17th or early 18th century from association with Towneley circle
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 1987-411
- Materials:
- box (wood) and oak (wood)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 245 mm x 215 mm x 55 mm, 1.35 kg
- type:
- calculating rod
- credit:
- Sotheby's (New Bond St)
