Period:Unknown
Materials:wood, glass, metal,
Technique:
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.40 centimetres Height: 2.50 centimetres Weight: 77 grammes
Description:
Compass made of wood, glass, metal.
IMG
![图片[1]-compass BM-As-SLMisc.1044-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00419945_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-compass BM-As-SLMisc.1044-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01382063_001.jpg)
Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 1044 “1044. A Chinese compasse from Dr. Houston.”
Materials:wood, glass, metal,
Technique:
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.40 centimetres Height: 2.50 centimetres Weight: 77 grammes
Description:
Compass made of wood, glass, metal.
IMG
Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 1044 “1044. A Chinese compasse from Dr. Houston.”
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