18th Oct, 2019 12:00
Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine
A Fine Naval Gunter’s Rule with Gunner's Scales
c. 1810, English, in heavy gauge brass, by Matthew Berge, signed ‘Berge London’, finely divided scales on both sides including chords, rhumbs, sines, tangents, sines of rhumbs, tangents of rhumbs, versed sines, meridian line, gunner’s scales for guns and shot, gunter's line of numbers 1:10:10., scale rule and two foot rule, length 61cm
Sold for £960
Result plus buyers premium
c. 1810, English, in heavy gauge brass, by Matthew Berge, signed ‘Berge London’, finely divided scales on both sides including chords, rhumbs, sines, tangents, sines of rhumbs, tangents of rhumbs, versed sines, meridian line, gunner’s scales for guns and shot, gunter's line of numbers 1:10:10., scale rule and two foot rule, length 61cm
Auction: Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019
