- Subject
- Telescopes
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Presented by Martin Biddle in 2002.
- Primary inscriptions
- "VERSCHOYLE TRANSIT / Gt.-B. PAT. No. 14540 / U.S.A. PAT. No. 790163 / CAN. PAT. No. 96795 / THE LONDON STERESCOPIC CO. 106 & 108 REGENT ST.W. / NO. 516"
- Object type
- Telescope
- Dimensions
- Height: 137mm Width: 118mm Depth: 52mm Weight: 447g
- Inventory No
- 30369
- Accession Number
- 2002-14/3
Description
Transit device, with folding crosshair sight, and prismatic system to view angle of inclination. Inside brown leather case (designed to be worn over the shoulder). Contains a spirit level.
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