Angleterre début XX°. Marqué H.
HUGUES & SON LTD - LONDON
N° 2494 - PATT 70
The firm begun by Henry
Hughes in the 1830s, became
H. Hughes & Son in 1875 and H.
Hughes & Son Ltd. in 1903. After a
merger with Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird, Ltd. in 1947,
it became Kelvin & Hughes, Ltd.
(Ref: Gloria Clifton, Directory of British Scientific
Instrument Makers 1550-1851).
Dimensions: cercle env. 16 cm. / longueur totale 46
cm.
Boîte en acajou
Dimensions: 50 x 20 x 6 cm.
Utilisation: détermination de la position du navire
par 3 amers.
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