Quintant

Description

Quintant, brass three-circle frame and limb, wooden handle, silver scale, signed and made by Kelvin and James White Ltd of Glasgow, c. 1910

Museum reference

T.1980.195

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Quintant

Production information

Kelvin and James White Ltd
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1890

Materials

Anodised brass, Wood, Silver, Glass

Physical description

Oxidised brass

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