Accession No

2555

Brief Description

Adie's improved level, No. 40, for Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, by Patrick Adie, English, c. 1845, pre-1847

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adie, Patrick

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1845

Latest Date

1847

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; wood

Dimensions

box length 370mm; breadth 125mm; height 200mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Sotheby’s Belgravia, London, England; lot 162, 09/05/1980.

Inscription

‘Adie’s Improved Level No 40’ (on telescope)
‘Manchester and Leeds Railway Company’
‘ADIE LONDON
J CASARTELLI MANCHESTER’

Description Notes

Level, by Adie, English, pre- 1847 (1845?).

Brass inverting telescope focused by rack and pinion moving the eyepiece. Small round bubble over eyepiece. Long bubble graduated to 1/10´´, along telescope. Sliding ray shade. 4 levelling screws between parallel plates. Fitted wooden box.

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