The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem . n form, used by Enos Briggs, builder ofthe frigate Essex, 1799. C. Another, used by NathanielBowditch, LL. D., compiler of the Navigator, when a Salemship-master. C. Others, Smith and Bond, London, andseveral of similar form but not marked. C. Another, withcopper tube 5 feet long, used by the Japanese at Nagasaki towatch for foreign ships, probably obtained from the Dutchand may be very old. Slates. Hand slate used on the whaler Progress for figuring positionsbefore entering the record of the day in the , Another, from the counting roo
The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem . n form, used by Enos Briggs, builder ofthe frigate Essex, 1799. C. Another, used by NathanielBowditch, LL. D., compiler of the Navigator, when a Salemship-master. C. Others, Smith and Bond, London, andseveral of similar form but not marked. C. Another, withcopper tube 5 feet long, used by the Japanese at Nagasaki towatch for foreign ships, probably obtained from the Dutchand may be very old. Slates. Hand slate used on the whaler Progress for figuring positionsbefore entering the record of the day in the , Another, from the counting room of Gamaliel Hodges,merchant of Salem. Telescope. Ponchons, for measuring distances, polished brass tube25 inches long, sliding scale at side, in a wooden case. Thermometers. Spirit, wooden frame, registering cold, W. & S. Jones,Holborn, London, belonged to Rev. Dr. Prince of Salem,marked on back May 5, 1817, $ C Another, by thesame makers, used by Dr. Edward A. Holyoke of Salem, 1825C Another, used on ships Syren and Columbia by Capt. HADLEY QUADRANTS (OCTANTS)Above, John Dupee. maker, 1755; John Gilbert, London, 1768. Below, Spencer Browning& Rust, London, about 1800; J. Urings, London, wholly metal. Center, Nrrie & London, about1840, modern form with telescopic eye-piece. The earlier forms have back sights Edward A. Silsbee, 1853 -1854. d. Another, Russian inscrip-tion, Reaumur and Fahrenheit, used on ship George of Salem,1820. C Another, portable 6 inches, centigrade scale. Allbut the first are mercurial. Transit, Bliss Solar. Telescope on brass stand, 11 inches. Water-Testing Apparatus (Water-bottle). Bottle with netting, lead sinker and long line, arranged tobe opened at any desired depth to obtain water for the purposeof testing, about 1850. Watches. Silver case, double, 1765, — M. Hurst, London, showingthe sort of time-piece used at sea before the days of chro-nometers. C Another, gold case, double, —John Jackson,London, about 1801, made to order for Will
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