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Reflecting Circle

Catalogue number:
1987.0196.04

Inscriptions:
"J. & I. Hardy, London"

Dimensions:
diameter 10 inches

Discussion:
This is an incomplete example of a Borda-type reflecting circle. It belonged to Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, and may have been acquired when that school was established in 1860.

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Reflecting Circle

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