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Verschoyle Transit Instrument, by The London Stereoscopic Co., London, 20th Century?

Inventory Number 30369


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.30369

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.