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WATKINS, CHARING CROSS, LONDON. 19TH CENTURY
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A lacquered-brass miniature theodolite
Watkins, Charing Cross, London. 19th Century
Signed on the horizontal circle Watkins, Charing Cross, London, the telescope with bubble level and draw-tube focusing to the eyepiece, raised on two A-frame supports with a vertical semi-circle with silvered scale, with a silvered vernier adjusted by rack and pinion, the glazed compass with a degree scale, eight compass points, edge-bar needle and clamp, the horizontal circle with a silvered scale around the chamfered edge, vernier and rack and pinion adjustment screw beneath, on a tripod mounting with three adjustable screw feet
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Watkins, Charing Cross, London. 19th Century
Signed on the horizontal circle Watkins, Charing Cross, London, the telescope with bubble level and draw-tube focusing to the eyepiece, raised on two A-frame supports with a vertical semi-circle with silvered scale, with a silvered vernier adjusted by rack and pinion, the glazed compass with a degree scale, eight compass points, edge-bar needle and clamp, the horizontal circle with a silvered scale around the chamfered edge, vernier and rack and pinion adjustment screw beneath, on a tripod mounting with three adjustable screw feet
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Special notice
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