Set square

Made:: 1806-1861 in London

maker:: Thomas Jones

Set square, metal, by Thomas Jones, 60 degrees, in metal 3/16" thick, bevelled at base and hypotenuse, at bottom of perpendicular is a brass scale 1" long divided into tenths, J.D. Potter's card inside triangular wood case

Details

Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1911-241

type:: squaring drawing instruments and set squares

credit:: British Admiralty (Hydrographic Department)

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Parts

Case for set square, "Admiralty"

Triangular case for set square, metal, by Thomas Jones

Materials:: wood

Object Number:: 1911-241 Pt1

type:: instrument case

Metal set square, 60 degrees

Set square, metal, by Thomas Jones, 60 degrees, in metal 3/16" thick, bevelled at base and hypotenuse, at bottom of perpendicular is a brass scale 1" long divided into tenths.