Davis quadrant

Description

Davis quadrant, backstaff used in navigation, rosewood frame with boxwood arcs, unknown English maker, 1st half eighteenth century

Museum reference

T.1970.16

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Davis quadrant

Production information

England, Northern Europe

Date

First half 18th century

Materials

Wood, Brass

Physical description

Rosewood limbs and braces, bowood arcs

Associations

Inventor: Davis, John, Captain, c. 1550 - 1605