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Octant and case
octant; octant case
INSTRUMENTS - OCTANTSLincoln, Charles
England, London
1765-1805
Octant, ebony frame, ivory inlaid scale, no maker's name on the instrument, brass fittings. On the cover of the case there is pasted an advertisement from Charles Lincoln at Sir Isaac Newton Head, Leadenhall St. London, makers of Hadley quadrants (w.1765-1805). Given in memory of the late Arthur K. Harrison, one-time Professor Emeritus of the Univ. of Mass.
1954.1139
Given in memory of Arthur K. Harrison