The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem (1921)
Robinson, John, 1846-1925, comp, Peabody Museum of Salem · Salem, Mass., Peabody Museum · leaf 186
large, old ones made whollyof wood, to the modern, smaller ones of metal. The beau-tiful and accurate workmanship of the Davis quadrants and 94 C^J SPY-GLASSESFrom above: Dutch, old, 5 leet long, used at Nagasaki, Japan; from U. S. S. Guemtrt, 1815;from a British prize vessel taken by an American… … NOCTURNALS For obtaining the time by the North star. The one at the left is inscribed Nathu Viall 1724the one at the right shows the reverse of a similar instrument. the earlier forms of the Hadley quadrants attest the skill oftheir makers. Made mostly of ebony and boxwood none ofthese old…
Naval art and science · Ships
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