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Image number: RS.8482
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Dividers
Date
1697
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
length: 400mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A pair of brass dividers with steel tips, a 90 degree arch with scale inscribed, and four elaborately moulded wing nuts.
Arch inscribed 'Sir Christopher Wren February 1697'.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723) British architect, mathematician, and astronomer, was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1660 and serving as its President between 1680-1682.
Arch inscribed 'Sir Christopher Wren February 1697'.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723) British architect, mathematician, and astronomer, was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1660 and serving as its President between 1680-1682.
Object history
Presented to the Society by John Wolfe Barry FRS (1836-1918).
Related fellows
John Wolfe Barry (1836, British) , Civil engineer
Associated place