Four photographs of Ramsden's dividing engine

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Four photographs (each 12" x 10") of Ramsden's dividing engine, plates I, II, III and IV of his "Description of an Engine for dividing mathematical instruments" 1777

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Category:: Industrial Metrology

Object Number:: 1931-661

type:: photographic print and circular dividing engine

credit:: Science Museum Photographer

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Four photographs of Ramsden's dividing engine

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