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A Telescope Cap with Telescopic Alidade for Plane Table, by E. R. Watts & Son Ltd., 1944

Inventory Number 11273


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11273

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Dept. of Earth Sciences per Dr. J. G. Olliver
Primary inscriptions
on case "ALlDADE. 1."
Other inscriptions
INSTRUMENT NO. 24137 DATE 18/2/44
Physical material
metal
Object type
Alidade
Dimensions
Diameter: 40mm Height: 44mm Weight: 30g
Inventory No
11273
Accession Number
1987-20/5

Description

A telescope cap sits in the case, on a cylindrical holder that fits it exactly.