Captain Georges' artificial horizon

Description

Captain Georges' artificial mercurial horizon, two black-lacquered steel reservoirs on three levelling feet (one broken), interconnected by tube fitted with stopcock, in fitted leather carrying case, as used on the Antarctic Expedition of 1901, signed and made by William Cary of London, c. 1870

Museum reference

T.1911.44

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Captain Georges' artificial horizon

Production information

Cary, William, 1850 - 1900 (fl.), Instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1860

Materials

Steel, Glass, Leather, Mercury

Physical description

Mercury, glass, leather covered / leather case

Associations

Previous owner: Admiralty
Inventor: Fleuriais, Georges Ernest, Admiral, 1840 - 1895
Antarctic Expedition