Accession No

1009

Brief Description

Level on wooden tripod, by John Rowley, 1703.

Origin

London

Maker

Rowley. John

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1703

Latest Date

1703

Inscription Date

1703

Material

wood; metal; brass

Dimensions

tube length 295mm; bubble length 170mm; height 220mm; height of tripod 710mm

Special Collection

Trinity College collection

Provenance

On loan from Trinity College, University of Cambridge from 1951.

Inscription

I Rowley Fecit
COLLEG . TRINIT . CANTAB: 1703 (level)

Description Notes

Wooden tripod with extension legs surmounted by brass pillar carrying ball and socket joint with clamping screw.
The telescope arm can be raised or lowered by means of an elevating screw. It is removable and is held to the support by two screws with decorated heads. The arm carries a square sighting tube which has screw-cap covers for both eyepiece and objective lenses. The bubble level is mounted on one side of the tube: it has red glass and no graduations.

condition good but ball and socket joint needs cleaning.

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