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View full screenCaptain Georges' artificial mercurial horizon, two black-lacquered steel reservoirs on three levelling feet (one broken), interconnected by tube fitted with stopcock, in fitted leather carrying case, as used on the Antarctic Expedition of 1901, signed and made by William Cary of London, c. 1870
T.1911.44
Captain Georges' artificial horizon
Cary, William, 1850 - 1900 (fl.), Instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe
c. 1860
Steel, Glass, Leather, Mercury
Mercury, glass, leather covered / leather case
Previous owner: Admiralty
Inventor: Fleuriais, Georges Ernest, Admiral, 1840 - 1895
Antarctic Expedition