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[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
A-137
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[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]
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[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]
Backstaff
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[nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO]
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Arcs of boxwood; limbs of rosewood. Replacement wooden vanes; slit and pin hole sights, chamois lined, replacement brass horizon vane. Signed inside lesser arc; fleurs-de-ls at ends of inscription, roses between words. Greater arc, 0-65 degrees every one degree, with vane edge calibrated 0-60 degrees every five degrees. Three fleurs-de-lys. Short arc, 65-90 degrees every ten degrees in inner edge, and 0-25 degrees every five degrees on outer edge; by transversals to one degree. Roses, circles, and fleurs-de-lys on arc; scrolling end. This backstaff (A-137) consists of multiple parts, some located on 25/3
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[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
Signed on the inside of the 30-degree arc: "COLE MAKER LOMBARD STREET LONDON"
"IOSEPH IACKSON 1746" on owner's plate on horizon limb.
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[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
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[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]
England
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[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
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Imperial(in) |
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Metric(cm) |
| Height |
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36.2 |
| Width |
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63.7 |
| Depth |
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1.6 |
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| Circumference |
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Imperial(in) |
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Metric(cm) |
| Height |
5 15/16 |
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15 |
| Width |
5 8/16 |
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13.9 |
| Depth |
10 4/16 |
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26 |
| Diameter |
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