Accession No

2195

Brief Description

artillery director, Watson & Sons, 1916

Origin

London; England

Maker

Watson and Sons

Class

military; optical

Earliest Date

1916

Latest Date

1916

Inscription Date

1916

Material

metal; wood (ebony)

Dimensions

height 230mm; breadth 134mm; depth 100mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 05/1969.

Inscription

‘DIRECTOR No 4. MARK II
W WATSON & SONS Ltd
LONDON 1916 No 1575’ (on top of telescope)
‘FIELD ARTY TEL STAND MARK I
HOUGHTONS Ltd LONDON 1909 No 1677’ (on stand)

Description Notes

Telescopic prismatic sight. Eyepiece with screw focus. Indicator arm in field of view. Scale graduated 10o elevation - 0- 10o Depression. Two micrometers for elevation and depression read to 5’. Bubble level fixed to indicator arrow. Plate below telescope (for attachment to artillery ?) extended into pivot around axis on stand tightened by wing nut. Stand with horizontal circle graduated 0-180-0 to 1o. Trough compass on circle. Ebony stand.

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