Octant

Description

Octant, brass frame and limb, wooden handle, inlaid silver scale and vernier, retailed by Peter Airth Feathers and Son of Dundee, unknown probably English maker, c. 1890

Museum reference

T.1980.184

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Octant

Production information

Unknown, Instrument maker
England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1890

Materials

Brass, Wood, Silver

Physical description

Brass / bronze

Associations

Retailer: Peter Airth Feathers and Son
Arthur Frank Collection of Scottish Scientific Instruments

Exhibitions

• Scotland Creates: National Museum of Scotland
  National Museum of Scotland

• Scotland Creates: McManus Galleries and Museum (01 Nov 2013 - 31 Dec 2013)
  McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum

References

T.N. Clarke, A.D. Morrison-Low and A.D.C. Simpson: Brass & glass : scientific instrument making workshops in Scotland as illustrated by instruments from the Arthur Frank Collection at the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 1989, pp 143-5