Object data
wood, brass, iron and textile
height 1.9 cm × width 39 cm × depth 13.9 cm
J.M. Kleman & Zoon
Protractor
Amsterdam, 1814 - 1820
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the protractor: J.M. Kleman & Zoon / Amsterdam // Koninglyke / Instrument Makers
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-859
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Brass protractor of 180 degrees in a wooden case.
The radius of the arc is 86 mm. The arc has an iron needle at the centre and a pointer with a vernier.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 859
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'J.M. Kleman & Zoon, Protractor, Amsterdam, 1814 - 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244673
(accessed 26 November 2024 10:37:53).