Sector, 6"; brass; engraved "Culpeper Fecit"

Made:: 1700-1759 in London

maker:: Edmund Culpeper

Sector, 6; brass; engraved 'Culpeper Fecit', London, England

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Sector, 6; brass; engraved 'Culpeper Fecit', London, England
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Sector, 6"; brass; engraved "Culpeper Fecit", London, England, early 18th century

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Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1917-93

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Measurements:: overall (closed): 3 mm x 152 mm x 32 mm, 0.112 kg

type:: proportion drawing instruments and sectors

credit:: Thomas H. Court

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Sector, 6"; brass; engraved "Culpeper Fecit"

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