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Backstaff

Catalogue number:
PH*318439

Inscriptions:
"Made.by.John.Holbeche.for Capt Joseph.Swan.1738"

Dimensions:
length overall 25 inches

Discussion:
The frame of this instrument is rosewood, while the arcs, cross bar, and sights are boxwood. John Holbeche advertised an Instrument Maker & Ship-Chandler at the Corner of the Hermitage in London.

Ref: Gloria Clifton, Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 (London, 1995), p. 138.

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