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View full screenOctant with ebony frame with inlaid ivory scale, and ivory plate inscribed 'Thomas Hellyer 1774 Nairne London', made by Edward Nairne, London, 1774
T.1909.9
Nairne, Edward, 1726 - 1806
London, England, Northern Europe
1774
Ebony frame, ivory scale, brass arm, glass
Previous owner: Hellyer, Thomas, 1774 (fl.)
Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Bennett, J.A.,The Divided Circle: A History of Instruments for Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying, Oxford, 1987, pp 132-4
Clifton, Gloria, Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, London, 1995, p. 196