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A MID 19TH-CENTURY OXIDISED AND LACQUERED-BRASS TRANSIT THEODOLITE,
SIGNED ON THE SILVERED COMPASS DIAL T. STREET COMMERCL RD. LAMBETH, THE TELESCOPE WITH RACK AND PINION FOCUSING, LENS HOOD AND DUST CAP, GRADUATED BUBBLE LEVEL AND FOUR CROSS-WIRE ADJUSTERS, THE 5-INCH VERTICAL CIRCLE ON A SPOKED WHEEL, WITH SILVERED SCALE DIVIDED IN FOUR QUADRANTS AND FOUR VERNIERS, WITH TANGENT SCREW FINE ADJUSTMENT AND CLAMP, THE AXIS SUPPORTED BY TWIN A-FRAMES OVER THE COMPASS BOX INCORPORATING AN EDGE-BAR NEEDLE, THE HORIZONTAL PLATE WITH LEVEL AND CROSS-BUBBLE, THE CHAMFERED SILVERED HORIZONTAL SCALE WITH TWIN VERNIERS AND SINGLE MAGNIFIER, WITH TANGENT SCREW FINE ADJUSTMENT AND CLAMP, ON ADJUSTABLE FOUR-SCREW TRIPOD ATTACHMENT AND MOUNTING, IN FITTED MAHOGANY CASE WITH SOME ACCESSORIES -- 12½IN. (31.8CM.) WIDE, AND THE ASSOCIATED MAHOGANY AND BRASS TRIPOD SEE ILLUSTRATION (2)
SIGNED ON THE SILVERED COMPASS DIAL T. STREET COMMERCL RD. LAMBETH, THE TELESCOPE WITH RACK AND PINION FOCUSING, LENS HOOD AND DUST CAP, GRADUATED BUBBLE LEVEL AND FOUR CROSS-WIRE ADJUSTERS, THE 5-INCH VERTICAL CIRCLE ON A SPOKED WHEEL, WITH SILVERED SCALE DIVIDED IN FOUR QUADRANTS AND FOUR VERNIERS, WITH TANGENT SCREW FINE ADJUSTMENT AND CLAMP, THE AXIS SUPPORTED BY TWIN A-FRAMES OVER THE COMPASS BOX INCORPORATING AN EDGE-BAR NEEDLE, THE HORIZONTAL PLATE WITH LEVEL AND CROSS-BUBBLE, THE CHAMFERED SILVERED HORIZONTAL SCALE WITH TWIN VERNIERS AND SINGLE MAGNIFIER, WITH TANGENT SCREW FINE ADJUSTMENT AND CLAMP, ON ADJUSTABLE FOUR-SCREW TRIPOD ATTACHMENT AND MOUNTING, IN FITTED MAHOGANY CASE WITH SOME ACCESSORIES -- 12½IN. (31.8CM.) WIDE, AND THE ASSOCIATED MAHOGANY AND BRASS TRIPOD SEE ILLUSTRATION (2)