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View full screenOctant with 17" ebony frame and limb, brass index arm, inlaid ivory scale with diagonal divisions and ivory plate marked 'George Morris 1755', probably English, maker unknown, 1755
T.1876.11
Unknown
England, Northern Europe
1755
Ebony, Anodised brass, Wood, Brass, Glass, Ivory, Ivory, Ivory, Mahogany
Ebony, ivory scale and plate, brass arm, glass mirror
Previous owner: Morris, George, 1755 (fl.)
Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Bennett, J.A., The Divided Circle: A History of Instruments for Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying, Oxford, 1987, pp 132-4
Clifton, Directory, 5, 267
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