The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem (1921)
Robinson, John, 1846-1925, Peabody Museum of Salem · Salem, Mass., Peabody Museum · leaf 186
SPY-GLASSESFrom above: Dutch, old, 5 leet long, used at Nagasaki, Japan; from U. S. S. Guernere, 1815;from a British prize vessel taken by an American privateer, 1779; later forms, (left) used by Encs Briggs,builder of the frigate Essex, 1799; (right) used by Capt. Edward Weston on the clipper ship… … NOCTURNALS For obtaining the time by the North star. The one at the leftthe one at the right shows the reverse of a similar instrument. inscribed NathH Viall 1724: 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 -- Exhibitions · Ships
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