A 19th-Century brass surveying transit, signed on the silvered dial Alex Megarey New York, the edge-bar needle with jewelled cap, the horizontal scale divided in 4 quadrants, the circle with vernier scale, fine adjustment by tangent screw with clamp, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing, raised from the horizontal limb on twin supports with level and cross-bubble, 4 screw tripod mounting with some accessories, in mahogany case - 12½in. (31.7cm.) high; and a tripod.

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A 19th-Century brass surveying transit, signed on the silvered dial Alex Megarey New York, the edge-bar needle with jewelled cap, the horizontal scale divided in 4 quadrants, the circle with vernier scale, fine adjustment by tangent screw with clamp, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing, raised from the horizontal limb on twin supports with level and cross-bubble, 4 screw tripod mounting with some accessories, in mahogany case - 12½in. (31.7cm.) high; and a tripod.

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