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Medal Charles Hutton
| Location | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
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| Year | 1821 |
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| Weight | 40 g |
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| Obverse description | High-relief draped bust of Charles Hutton facing left, with curly hair, set within a raised border. The encircling legend reads CAROLUS HUTTON, LL.D. to the left and R.S.S. AET. LXXXV to the right, with the date 1821 in the lower field. The engravers' signatures B. WYON SC. and T. WYON DIR. appear below the truncation. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a group of scientific and military instruments in relief: a cannon in the centre-left, a pendulum apparatus with a suspended bob and graduated arc to the left, and a terrestrial globe to the right, all suspended from a horizontal bar at the top of the field. A three-line Latin legend curves across the lower portion of the field. |
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