Artificial mercury horizon.

Made:
1835-1845 in Charing Cross
maker:
Thomas Jones

Artificial mercury horizon with mercury container and storage case with trade card, made by Thomas Jones, 62 Charing Cross, London, 1835-1845. Consists of a rectangular metal trough, with wooden lining, and loose fitting roof-shaped brass cover with side glazed panels. The mercury bottle is a flat wooden container with wood screw stopper. Marked, ‘F.26.’ the property mark of the Hydrographic Office of the British Admiralty (adopted February 1828).

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1911-218
Measurements:
length 150 mm
width 80 mm
height 10 mm
length 150 mm
width 80 mm
height 100 mm
type:
artificial horizon - mercury and trade card
credit:
British Admiralty (Hydrographic Department)

Parts

Artificial mercury horizon with mercury container, made by Thomas Jones, 62 Charing Cross, London, 1835-1845. Consists of a rectangular metal trough, with wooden lining, and loose fitting roof-shaped brass cover with side glazed panels. The mercury bottle is a flat wooden container with wood screw stopper. Marked, ‘F.26.’ the property mark of the Hydrographic Office of the British Admiralty (adopted February 1828).

Artificial mercury horizon.

Artificial mercury horizon with mercury container, made by Thomas Jones, 62 Charing Cross, London, 1835-1845. Consists of a rectangular metal trough, with wooden lining, and loose fitting roof-shaped brass cover with side glazed panels. The mercury bottle is a flat wooden container with wood screw stopper. Marked, ‘F.26.’ the property mark of the Hydrographic Office of the British Admiralty (adopted February 1828).

Measurements:
length 150 mm
width 80 mm
height 10 mm
length 150 mm
width 80 mm
height 100 mm
Object Number:
1911-218/1
type:
artificial horizon - mercury
J. D. Potter

J. D. Potter

Trade card: for J. D. Potter (successor to R.B. Bate) 31 Poultry, London from Artificial Horizon by Thomas Jones 62 Charing Cross

Measurements:
length 150 mm
width 80 mm
height 10 mm
length 150 mm
width 80 mm
height 100 mm
Object Number:
1911-218/2
type:
trade card
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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