Gunner's Level
date: label: date made
content: 17th century
notes: label: Description
content: Gunner’s levels came into use in in the sixteenth century, along with the increased use of heavy artillery that could be adjusted for elevation. Intricate and delicate examples were presumably used for display rather than service on the battlefield. This one, with gilt metal and a large steel bob, may date from the eighteenth century. It was item 131 in the Sir John Findlay Collection.
label: Description
content: Ref: John R. Millburn, "Gunnery Instruments and their Makers in the Eighteenth Century," <i>Journal of the Ordnance Society</i> 7 (1995): 27-44.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.319948
label: catalog number
content: 319948
label: accession number
content: 239625
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gunner's level