Accession No

3887

Brief Description

level, by E. R. Watts and Son, English, mid-19th to mid-20th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

E. R. Watts and Son

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1857

Latest Date

1948

Inscription Date

Material

metal; glass; hide (leather)

Dimensions

case length 300mm; breadth 140mm; height 148mm; bubble tube length 110mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1992.

Inscription

‘E.R. WATTS & SON
LONDON
NO 15196’ (right hand side of telescope-holding plate)

Description Notes

Black-finished inverting telescope. Cross hairs. Hinged mirror over double-windowed bubble, mounted on left side of telescope. White reflector under bubble. Circular bubble on right side of telescope, near eyepiece. Screw focus. Slow motion screw for tangent. Mounted on broken (unmoveable) ball and socket joint. Padded leather box case with buckle straps.

complete

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