TY - JOUR
T1 - Mrs Janet Taylor's 'Mariner's Calculator'
T2 - Assessment and reassessment
AU - Croucher, John S.
AU - Croucher, Rosalind F.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - Vanished from history is the story of the 'Mariner's Calculator', invented and patented at the Great Seal Patent Office, London, by Mrs Janet Taylor, in 1834. Dismissed by the Admiralty, it had no commercial future and only one instrument is known to remain in existence. The article traces the invention from its inception and provides relevant biographical details of its inventor. The authors then analyse the assessment by the Admiralty to determine if it was fair and outline the endeavour in 2004 to reassess the achievement by a reconstruction of the Mariner's Calculator from its original patent.
AB - Vanished from history is the story of the 'Mariner's Calculator', invented and patented at the Great Seal Patent Office, London, by Mrs Janet Taylor, in 1834. Dismissed by the Admiralty, it had no commercial future and only one instrument is known to remain in existence. The article traces the invention from its inception and provides relevant biographical details of its inventor. The authors then analyse the assessment by the Admiralty to determine if it was fair and outline the endeavour in 2004 to reassess the achievement by a reconstruction of the Mariner's Calculator from its original patent.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=83055178607&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0007087410001512
DO - 10.1017/S0007087410001512
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:83055178607
VL - 44
SP - 493
EP - 507
JO - British Journal for the History of Science
JF - British Journal for the History of Science
SN - 0007-0874
IS - 4
ER -