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RefNoRSC/5/12/17
LevelItem
TitleDraft minute on Sir Robert Hadfield's display of a compass and sundial at the Royal Society Club
CreatorHadfield; Sir Robert Abbot; baronet (1858-1940); British metallurgist and steel maker
Date26 May 1936
DescriptionDescriptions of a cased compass and sundial from either 1700, or made in 1720 by Johan Martin of Augsburg, and exhibited at the Club dinner of 21 May 1936. Noting how the instrument was worked, and with a transcription of the engraved inscription on the back of the compass.
Extent2p.
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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