Charles Cotterell's `Instrument for Arithmeticke' by Robert Jole

Made:: 1677 in Fleet Street

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Charles Cotterell's `Instrument for Arithmeticke' by Robert
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Charles Cotterell's `Instrument for Arithmeticke' by Robert Jole, 1677. With two brass closure fixings, brass pointer, and two vellum parts

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Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1995-617

Materials:: boxwood, brass, glass, iron, paper, vellum and complete

Measurements:: overall (flat, including parts): 10 mm x 205 mm x 160 mm, 0.13 kg

type:: abacus

credit:: Charlton, K.

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Charles Cotterell's `Instrument for Arithmeticke' by Robert Jole

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