Excerpt from Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Early Scientific Instruments in Oxford: Opened by Sir William Osler After His Presidential Address to the Classical Association on 16 May, 1919
Silver with chased decorations. The set includes a pair of 65 - inch compasses, with pen, pencil-holder, and dotting wheel; 5-inch dividers.
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