Thursday, November 3, 2011
Barn find quadrant identified as one of Britain's earliest scientific instruments
You never know what's in the shed. This time the quadrant was found in a bag of old pipe fittings in a shed on a farm in Queensland, Australia, forty years ago. Last year, the owner of the quadrant was surfing the internet and came across this article where it is recognized only tool, but the same logo that was prominent incisors in quadrant (I thought it was an astrolabe), which that was intended for King Richard II (of England). Later, in contact with the British Museum, which identifies the item in your office for the last forty years as a quadrant 1396 times. It will be auctioned next month and is expected to fetch between GBP150, GBP200, 000 and 000 ... Continue reading to find the stable quadrant identified as one of the first British scientific instruments
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