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Description: | 82 STRAND CHRONOMETER DENT & WATCHMAKER By special appointment TO THE QUEEN H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT
E.I.DENT PATENTEE 82, STRAND, LONDON 79 79
This card is by W&T Gilbert 148 Leadenhall Street, London, with Dent's label stuck on over the former firm's printed matter
Bowl-Brass weighted at base, fitted with stop mechanism. Black painted lubber line on inside of bowl. Set in brass gimbal ring.
Card-Mica covered with paper. Black with white markings graduated to 1/4 points. Dia. 6.75" (17.2cm)
Needle-Two edge bar needles, length 5.25" (13.3cm), on underside of card. Attached by two threaded cross arms to pivot. Arrangement counterbalanced on upper side of card by four weighted threaded cross arms.
Pivot-Lower:jewelled cap carried in strap on base of bowl. Upper:jewelled cap carried in brass bridge secured to the lower strap.
Mounted on ACO stand, 9.75" (24.8cm) square.
AUDIT - Ask Richard about two screws in a bag with this object.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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