Octant

Description

Octant, ebony frame and limb, brass index arm and fittings, ivory plate, no box, signed and made by John Gardner and James Laurie of Glasgow, 1792 - 1798

Museum reference

T.1980.180

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Octant

Production information

Gardner, John, 1773 - 1798 (fl.)
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Laurie, James, 1792 - 1798 (fl.)
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1792 - 1798

Materials

Ebony, Brass, Ivory

Physical description

Ebony, ivory arc, brass fitments

Associations

Arthur Frank Collection of Scottish Scientific Instruments

References

T.N. Clarke, A.D. Morrison-Low and A.D.C. Simpson (1989): "Brass and Glass