FINE VICTORIAN BRASS PROTRACTOR, English, c. 1862
Stock Number: 9305
$325.
A good, full-circle protractor from Birmingham.
Dimensions
6-1/4 inches (16 cm) diameter
Circa
c. 1862
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
FINE VICTORIAN BRASS PROTRACTOR, English, c. 1862, signed “J. Gargory, 41 Bull St., Birm’m.” This 6-1/4″ (16 cm) diameter full-circle protractor is divided every degree from 0° to 360°, and back again, boldly labeled with easy to read numerals. Both crossbar and circumferential edge are beveled down to the surface of map or chart. Condition is fine, retaining much of its original lacquer finish.
James Gargory is listed as optician, jeweler, goldsmith, and mathematical, mining, surveying, and optical instrument maker. Clifton gives working dates of 1835 – 1862, always on Bull Street in Birmingham, but at the present address only in 1862.
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TESSERACT
David and Yola Coffeen both have enjoyed academic careers, as planetary astronomer and as linguist/educator. But since 1982 (yes, 1982!) they have been full-time dealers in early scientific and medical instruments, under the name Tesseract. Selling primarily by catalogue (over 100 issued so far) they also have a web presence at www.etesseract.com, and can be contacted at [email protected].
