Octant
Spencer, Browning & Rust, Wapping, England
1783
Overall: 21 in. (53.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.35204
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Navigation
Not on view
Course History
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022
Published References
Trustee's Records, Sept. 18, 1783, vol. 1, p. 77
Provenance
Found in the attic of the Thayer School of Engineering, possibly from the Chandler School; transferred by Dean William Kimball to the Dartmouth College Museum, June 17, 1960; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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