The Marine room of the Peabody museum of Salem (1921)
Robinson, John, 1846-1925 comp, Peabody Museum of Salem · Salem, Mass., Peabody museum · leaf 176
le. Two lights, compass, 6 inches, F. W. Lincoln, Jr. & Co.Boston, about 1890. Calipers. Brass, 24 inches, G. Adams Mathematical InstrumentMaker to His Majesty, Fleet St. London; with scale andtables, about 1750 -1790, used by John Taylor, ship-builderof Medford and Boston, imported from London… … MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENTSFrom above: Gauging callipers, 1790, 6^ feet long; another, later form; long armed servingmallets, used by riggers about 1830; instruments for drawing curves, one inscribed William Addison,1693. Chronometers. In box, M. Tobias, Liverpool used on whaler Progress,about 1840.…
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