VERY RARE SPENCER AND PERKINS PEDOMETER
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A Rare Georgian Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins of London. In full working order With a white enamel face with three dials: 1/1000th of a mile, (one The case of brass. In good overall condition, with some slight wear and surface rust on the casing. Circa 1775 - 1794 A pedometer or step counter was a method of measuring distance by counting the number of paces it takes to walk or run from one place to another. This pedometer made by spencer & perkins in the late 18th century was hooked over a belt or strap and the swings in walking were counted by a weighted mechanism inside the case. Worn on the belt and kept on all day it would count the steps a person takes by detecting the motion of their hips and recording how many steps the wearer has walked that day and therefore the miles: distance= the number of steps x step length. The ancient Romans used a hodometer calibrated to steps to measure distances for military and civil purposes. The definition of the international mile comes from the Roman military method of keeping track of how far a soldier had travelled on foot. The latin 'mille passus' means a 'thousand paces' where one pace equals two steps. If this pedometer is sold on ebay I will package and parcel extremely carefully as can be expected of something so rare A very similar pedometer is in the London science Museum This
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