Galton's pantograph
- Made:
- circa 1870
- designer:
- Galton
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Galton's pantograph for reducing the tracings of self-recording meteorological instruments by drilling on zinc plates
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 1895-47
- Materials:
- zinc (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), cast iron, paper (fibre product), glass and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
Overall: 1280 mm x 1020 mm x 940 mm, 168.5 kg
- type:
- pantograph
- credit:
- Meteorological Office
