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SIGNED ON THE ARC CARY, LONDON. NO. 2544. 19TH CENTURY
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A brass quintant
Signed on the arc Cary, London. No. 2544. 19th Century
Further engraved with the owner's name C. Cantlie R.N. with brass T-frame, silvered scale -5°-0-160° and silvered vernier with clamp and micrometer fine adjustment, the index arm with swinging magnifier and shade, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing and horizontal screw adjustment, with two mirrors and seven shades and a mahogany and ivory handle mounted on a brass plate with tangent screw adjustment and clamp, the mounting with two arms with adjustable counterweights, raised on a tapering brass column with three splayed and folding legs with screw feet, together with three spare eyepieces and three spare telescope attachments
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high
Signed on the arc Cary, London. No. 2544. 19th Century
Further engraved with the owner's name C. Cantlie R.N. with brass T-frame, silvered scale -5°-0-160° and silvered vernier with clamp and micrometer fine adjustment, the index arm with swinging magnifier and shade, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing and horizontal screw adjustment, with two mirrors and seven shades and a mahogany and ivory handle mounted on a brass plate with tangent screw adjustment and clamp, the mounting with two arms with adjustable counterweights, raised on a tapering brass column with three splayed and folding legs with screw feet, together with three spare eyepieces and three spare telescope attachments
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high
Special notice
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