Mariner's Octant
G. Heath, Erith, Kent, England
about 1850
Overall: 19 in. (48.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.35228
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Navigation
Not on view
Publication History
David Pantalony, Richard L. Kremer, Francis J. Manasek, Study, Measure, Experiment: Stories of Scientific Instruments at Dartmouth College, Norwich, Vermont: Terra Nova Press, 2005, p. 38, ill.
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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