Sector, Gunter's

Description

Brass Gunter's sector, English, unsigned, probably by Elias Allen, London, c. 1625

Museum reference

T.1984.134

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Sector, Gunter's

Production information

Allen, Elias, c. 1588 - 1653, Scientific instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1625

Materials

Brass

Physical description

Brass

Associations

Eponym: Gunter

Exhibitions

• Discoveries Redisplay, 2015

• Power of Ten: Inventing Logarithms (21 Mar 2014 - 31 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland