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RefNoPT/74/7/4
LevelItem
TitleDiagram, axes of the escapement by E [Edward] Kater
Date[1840]
DescriptionPlate 12, figures 2-3 showing the axis to which the arm of the escapement is attached and the piece for receiving the two axes of the escapement. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink bottom right 'E Kater fecit'. An ink inscription verso reads 'Mr Kater'.

Subject: Astronomy / Scientific Instruments

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Description of an escapement for an astronomical clock, invented by the late Captain Henry Kater, F.R.S. &c., drawn up from his own memorandums by his son Edward Kater, Esq.'

Received by the Royal Society on 26 March 1840. Read 30 March 1840.
Extent2p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk and ink wash on paper
Dimensions243x185mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1840.0018
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0112
RelatedRecordPT/23/9
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3336Kater; Edward (1816 - 1866)1816 - 1866
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