Scale for Navigation, Wooden bowl and two documents. The scale is a flat wooden slat with a number of scale divisions on one side and a number of tables and two noniuses on the other. This scale was intended to replace the regular regional tables for solving navigation issues. The handwritten patent application is addressed to Stadholder William V and signed by Rasmus Dekker, William V (Prince of Orange-Nassau), Rasmus Dekker (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1791, wood (plant material), paper, h cm (scale) × w cm × d cm, Reimagined by Gibon, design of warm cheerful glowing of bri

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