Accession No

2846

Brief Description

artillery director, intended for use in Brian Harland's 1949 Spitsbergen Expedition but not used, by Voigtlander, 1940 (c)

Origin

Germany; Braunschweig [attributed]

Maker

Voigtländer

Class

military

Earliest Date

1940

Latest Date

1940

Inscription Date

Material

metal; glass; hide (leather)

Dimensions

box height 204mm; length 146mm; breadth 144mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Sedgwick Museum, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 05/1982. Purchased from Army Surplus stores by Colin Forbes, Earth Sciences, about 1950.

Inscription

‘Voigtlander
Braunschweig’
‘S.4.’ (painted on instrument)
‘SEDGWICK MUSEUM.
CAMBRIDGE.
S.4.’; ‘S.4.’ (painted on case)

Description Notes

Artillery director. Green painted cast metal frame. Prismatic sight. Vertical motion by tangent screw with drumhead divided 0-100, part of enclosed vertical scale visible through glazed aperture. Longitudinal bubble on sight. Base pivots on horizontal circle, divided 0-64, tangent screw with drumhead divided 0-100. Clamp for horizontal motion. Circular bubble level. Top half (sight and vertical scale) removable and horizontal rule (graduated 0-10 cms, divided to 1mm) folds out for plane table work. Clamping screw beneath for tripod mount. Leather case.

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