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Drainage Level, by Gardner & Co., Glasgow, c. 1850

Inventory Number 26160


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.26160

Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained
Primary inscriptions
"GARDNER & Co. / 21 BUCHANAN ST. / GLASGOW / REGISTERED / No. 2602 DEC: 28TH 1850"
Physical material
Brass
Physical technique
Lacquered
Object type
Level
Inventory No
26160

Description

Telescope mounted on horizontal plate with bubble level (glass broken) and pivoting against Rise and Fall scale; four screw levelling mount on miniature tripod.