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Lot 112

A Rare Cased Set Of Gunner's Instruments
Mostly By G. Adams, London, Late 18th Century

24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare Cased Set Of Gunner's Instruments
Mostly By G. Adams, London, Late 18th Century

Comprising a folding calliper by Berge, London, in two symmetrical halves hinged at one end and finely engraved with scales for 'Quantity of Powder for filling the Chambers of Brass Mortars & Howitzers' and marked out in inches for Sea and Land on one side, and for 'Brass Guns' over 'Proof Service' and 'Iron Guns Proof Service' on the other, hinged from '0' to '180' degrees, marked with a 12in. rule, and with steel tips; a hinged sector engraved on each side with linear and non-linear scales; a proportional compass marked out for 'Circles' and 'Lines'; a large and a small pair of dividers; two compasses with two nib attachments; a gunner's rule marked out with various linear scales on both sides; and an adjustable gunner's level with bubble-level (some instruments missing): in original fitted two-tier mahogany case lined in green velvet and retaining its original key

Footnotes

George 1 Adams was appointment Instrument Maker to George III in 1760 and died in 1772. For more information see John R. Millburn, Adams of Fleet Street, 2000

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