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View full screenArtificial horizon, mercury roof horizon, rectangular black-lacquered cast iron trough with pouring hole and brass-framed roof-shaped cover, iron bottle and iron funnel, in fitted wooden carrying box, signed and made by Troughton and Simms of London, c. 1860
T.1982.197
Artificial horizon, roof, mercury
Troughton and Simms Ltd, Instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe
c. 1860
Cast iron, Lacquer, Brass, Glass, Iron, Mercury, Iron, Wood
Wellcome Collection
Clifton, Directory, 282
Mörzer Bruyns, Sextants at Greenwich 286-9