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TypeModel No.MakerCountryConstruction
Material
DateScale LengthArea of Use
"Gunters, Sliding Gunters, Soho S. R."
Wellington / Gunter
Wellington
UK
Wood
1820s
61 cm
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Notes: Named after the inventor of the logarithmic scale Edmund Gunter and considered the predecessor of the modern slide rule. It has the standard set of scales expected on a Gunter and 15 inset brass pins with dimples in the middle to accept the points of chart dividers or compasses but the poor quality suggests an apprentice piece.


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