Antique Measuring Instrument Collection - Elliott Proportional Divider

This proportional divider is signed Elliott, Holborn, London, and it is fully divided for lines, circles, plans and solids.

It is dated to c1830, as the maker, William Elliott (1804-1849), was in business at High Holborn, London, from 1830 to 1849. See G. Clifton, Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, p. 95.

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