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View full screenBackstaff, wooden navigation instrument with two graduated arcs, inscribed 'Made by Benjamin Macy for Captain William Cochren, 1726', London, 1726, with modern replacement vanes
T.1891.380
Macy, Benjamin, 1713 - 1731 (fl.), Instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe
1726
Wood
Previous owner: Cochren, William, Captain, 1726 (fl.)
Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Clifton, Gloria, Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, London, 1995, p. 176
Bennett, J.A., The Divided Circle: A History of Instruments for Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying, Oxford, 1987, pp 35-6
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