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Commemorative medal depicting mathematician Charles Hutton (1737-1823)
Commemorative medal depicting mathematician Charles Hutton (1737-1823). Obverse: Bust of Charles Hutton (left). Legend: "CAROLUS HUTTON LL . D . R . S . S . AET . LXXXV 1821." Reverse: A rule scale suspended from which are a ball (left) and a globe of the world (right). Below, a quadrant scale with a cannon barrel suspended. Inscription: "FULMINA BELLI PONDUSQ TERRAE AESTIMATA."
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2901 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Thomas; Wyon, Benjamin |
| Date made: | 1821 |
| People: | Hutton, Charles |
| Credit: | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees |
| Measurements: | Overall: 44 mm |
| Parts: | Commemorative medal depicting mathematician Charles Hutton (1737-1823) |
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