Diagram, axes of the escapement by E [Edward] Kater
Reference number: PT/74/7/4
Date: 1840
Description
Plate 12, figures 2-3 showing the axis to which the arm of the escapement is attached and the piece for receiving the two axes of the escapement. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink bottom right 'E Kater fecit'. An ink inscription verso reads 'Mr Kater'.
Subject: Astronomy / Scientific Instruments
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Description of an escapement for an astronomical clock, invented by the late Captain Henry Kater, F.R.S. &c., drawn up from his own memorandums by his son Edward Kater, Esq.'
Received by the Royal Society on 26 March 1840. Read 30 March 1840.
- Reference number
- PT/74/7/4
- Earliest possible date
- 1840
- Physical description
- Ink and ink wash on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Diagram
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Edward Kater, Diagram, axes of the escapement by E [Edward] Kater, 1840, PT/74/7/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_7_4/diagram-axes-of-the-escapement-by-e-edward-kater, accessed on 23 March 2025
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Paper, 'Description of an astronomical clock invented by the late Capt Henry Kater FRS, drawn up from his own memorandums' by Edward Kater
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1834-1840
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 130
1840 Reference number: PT/74/7
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