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Australian interest. A boxwood navigational rule by Cary, Lady of St Kilda
24ins.(61cm)long.

8 October 2014, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £312.50 inc. premium

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Australian interest. A boxwood navigational rule by Cary, Lady of St Kilda

stamped Lady of St. Kilda Yacht, T.D.A. 1837, Cary London, and marked on both sides with linear and non-linear scales and compass points, stamped on one side These letters shew the bearing of the scale when the compass lines are applied to a meridian on the chart and below These letters shew the same when the lines are applied to a parallel or latitude. 24ins.(61cm)long.

Footnotes

The Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, Victoria, Australia took its name from the schooner Lady of St Kilda. Built as a yacht, she was owned by Sir TD Ackland Bt. of the Royal Yacht Squadron between 1835-40. Later she was used as a trading vessel and sailed from England for Port Phillip in 1841. As she was frequently moored offshore, the area became known as "the St Kilda foreshore". The name was subsequently used for the municipal district.

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