Box of sixty boxwood calculating rods

Made:
1690-1710
Box of sixty boxwood calculating rods, four missing

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Box of sixty boxwood calculating rods, four missing
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Box of sixty boxwood calculating rods, four missing, inked on four faces for calculations to base 60, late 17th or early 18th century from association with Towneley circle

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1987-411
Materials:
box (wood) and oak (wood)
Measurements:
overall: 245 mm x 215 mm x 55 mm, 1.35 kg
type:
calculating rod
credit:
Sotheby's (New Bond St)