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Case withTelescopic 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
Object type
Alidade
Dimensions
Height: 412mm Width: 237mm Depth: 150mm Weight: 2200g
Inventory No
11273
Accession Number
1987-20/5

Description

The case is a wooden box with a hinged lid, a keyhole, hook fasteners and a leather handle at the front. The Centre of the underside of the lid has a rectangular metal plate with manufacturer information. Underside of lid also has a paper label with the instrument number and the date 18/2/44. The base of the interior has seven raised sections, four of them with strips of green fabric and two on the underside of the lid, to keep the object from moving.

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