Three Brunel compasses
At long last I got around to photographing my motley crew of three cased Brunel compasses, primarily to compare details with another example of the type recently acquired by David Riches. I…
Ogle’s aphemetric compass: a mystery solved
A huge thanks to Robert Pilla of the Drawing Instruments group for helping me solve the mystery of my Elliott Bros dial dividers posted back in January. His reference to…
Dial M for Measure
As the saying goes, you wait ages for a London bus and then two come along together. The same would appear to hold true for Elliott Bros dividers with a big…
Inglorious Bagshaws
Occasionally I will buy something without bothering to find out what it is first, especially if the price is right. Today's post concerns a recent acquisition that falls into this…