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A late 19th-Century oxidised and lacquered-brass transit theodolite,
signed on the base plate H. Morin. 11, rue Dulong Anct. 3, rue Boursault (Ateliers H. Morin & Gensse) á Paris, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing, cross-wire adjusters, lens cap and graduated bubble level, the axis incorporating the 3in. silvered vertical circle with vernier, fine adjustment by spring screw, located on two vertical supports, one incorporating a cross sight with hair line, the horizontal plate with cross bubble, the horizontal circle with two verniers, fine-screw adjustment and clamp, the lower surface of the horizontal circle supporting a secondary telescope with sighting wire and micrometer divisions, raised on a staff mounting with fine spring screw adjustment and clamp, with display base, in the original fitted mahogany case, with screwdriver and trade label -- 10¾in. (27.3cm.) wide
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signed on the base plate H. Morin. 11, rue Dulong Anct. 3, rue Boursault (Ateliers H. Morin & Gensse) á Paris, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing, cross-wire adjusters, lens cap and graduated bubble level, the axis incorporating the 3in. silvered vertical circle with vernier, fine adjustment by spring screw, located on two vertical supports, one incorporating a cross sight with hair line, the horizontal plate with cross bubble, the horizontal circle with two verniers, fine-screw adjustment and clamp, the lower surface of the horizontal circle supporting a secondary telescope with sighting wire and micrometer divisions, raised on a staff mounting with fine spring screw adjustment and clamp, with display base, in the original fitted mahogany case, with screwdriver and trade label -- 10¾in. (27.3cm.) wide
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