The Marine room of the Peabody museum of Salem (1921)
Robinson, John, 1846-1925 comp, Peabody Museum of Salem · Salem, Mass., Peabody museum · leaf 194
g-book.<!. Another, from the counting room of Gamaliel Hodges,merchant of Salem. Telescope. Ponchons, for measuring distances, polished brass tube25 inches long, sliding scale at side, in a wooden case. Thermometers. Spirit, wooden frame, registering cold, W. & S. Jones,Holborn, London,… … HADLEY QUADRANTS (OCTANTS)Above, John Dupee, maker, 1755; John Gilbert, London, 1768. Below, Spencer Browning& Rust, London, about 1800; J. Urings, London, wholly metal. Center, Nrrie & Co., London, about1840, modern form with telescopic eye-piece. The earlier forms have back sights Edward…
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