Pair of tubular compasses

Made:: 1835-1862 in Birmingham

maker:: James Gargory

Pair of tubular compasses, in case; made by J. Gargory, Birmingham

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Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1922-256

type:: compasses (drawing instruments)

credit:: Lt. James F. Godwin

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Case for tubular compasses

Case for pair of tubular compasses, made by J. Gargory, Birmingham

Object Number:: 1922-256 Pt1

type:: instrument case

Pair of tubular compasses

Pair of tubular compasses, made by J. Gargory, Birmingham.

Object Number:: 1922-256 Pt2

type:: compasses (drawing instruments)

Pair of tubular compasses

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Parts

Case for tubular compasses

Pair of tubular compasses

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