Quintant

Description

Quintant, brass triangle fram and limb, wooden handle, silver scale, no box, made for Duncan McGregor of Glasgow and Greenock, signed and made by Spencer, Browning and Co. of London, c. 1850

Museum reference

T.1980.193

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Quintant

Production information

Spencer, Browning and Co., Instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1850

Materials

Anodised brass, Wood, Silver, Glass

Physical description

Oxidised brass

Associations

Arthur Frank Collection of Scottish Scientific Instruments
Duncan McGregor and Co.

References

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