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ANTIQUE #SA915322

Pantograph By Thomas Dunn Of North Street Edinburgh, Circa 1845.

£1,250    $1,693    €1,473
An oak cased brass pantograph by Thomas Dunn of 50 North Street Edinburgh. Circa 1845.
 
Interior of the case has trade label: THOMAS DUNN, OPTICIAN, MATHEMATICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, 50 NORTH HANOVER STREET.EDINBURGH.
 
The interior also has a handwritten note inside the lid with the ''Rule for setting Dunn''s improved pantograph'', dated ''27 February 1845. see the photograph of note for the equations needed to be used for the settings.
 
The first pantograph was constructed in 1603 by Christoph Scheiner, who used the device to copy and scale diagrams, but he wrote about the invention over 27 years later, in ''Pantographice'' (Rome 1631).
 
Dimensions of case:
 
Height: 14.5 cm | 5.75 in
 
Width: 90 cm | 35.5 in
 
Depth: 24 cm | 9.5 in
 
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA915322
Dateline of this antique is 1850
Antique ID: SA915322
Item: Pantograph By Thomas Dunn Of North Street Edinburgh, Circa 1845. - (reference SA915322)
Buying direct from seller: Hatchwell Antiques
£1,250



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Antique SA915322 shown on this page was made in 1850. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1850
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