Combination slide-rule

Made:
1753 in United Kingdom
patentee:
John Suxpeach
and
John Suxpeach
and
Combination slide-rule, telescope and quadrant

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Combination slide-rule, telescope and quadrant
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Combination slide-rule, telescope and quadrant, patented by John Suxpeach (No. 676) in leather case, John Suxpeach, United Kingdom, 1753.

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1981-274
Materials:
wood, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
Measurements:
overall: 24 mm x 350 mm x 48 mm, .593kg
type:
compendium (slide rule, telescope, quadrant)
credit:
Delehar, P.