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Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Science Museum Group /The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Marine chronometer by Charles Young, London, c.1825. Gimballed mahogany box with inspection lid. Brass dial with applied chapter ring and inset silvered seconds, signed on the dial ‘No. 173 Charles Young’. Movement with spring detent escapement with two arm compensation balance, flat spiral spring with its stud on a flexible arm. Movement contained within brass cannister.
Clockmakers' Museum No. 696.
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3570
- Materials:
- mahogany (wood), baize, brass (copper, zinc alloy), silvered brass, glass and steel (metal)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 140 mm x 160 mm x 140 mm,
- type:
- marine chronometer and detent
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
