An early 19th-Century lacquered-brass surveying level,

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An early 19th-Century lacquered-brass surveying level,
by Benjamin Cole, the telescope with sliding focusing adjustment, dust caps, bubble level, fine-screw vertical adjustment, the limb with ball and socket tripod mounting, with three tripod ferrules, with maker's original trade label, in plush-lined fitted fishskin-covered case -- 9½in. (24.1cm.) wide, and a cone-shaped case to contain the tripod attachment -- 5¾in. (14.6cm.) high

See Colour Plate 7

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