Circular instrument dividing engine.
Circular instrument dividing engine designed by Frederick Cooke, at T. Cooke & Sons, London, England around 1890. The cast brass, 28-inch dividing plate, with nine spokes is supported on a heavy wooden tripod stand. The instrument is mechanically similar in design to the large dividing engine completed by Thomas Cooke, the company’s founder in 1865.
Details
- Category:
- Industrial Metrology
- Object Number:
- 1953-446
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), metal (unknown), wood (unidentified), cast iron, textile and steel (metal)
- Measurements:
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Overall: 1030 mm x 1020 mm x 900 mm,
- type:
- circular dividing engine
- credit:
- Cooke, Troughton and Simms Limited
