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Description: | H.Barrow & Co. London
Telescope-14.9" (38cm) long, O.G. dia. 1.9" (4.8cm). Inverting (cross wires missing). Milled knob on main tube for focussing at O.G. end. A spirit level in brass casing 8.25" (21cm) long is attached to underside of telescope by two broad copper bands.
Stand-The telescope is mounted on a stand 11.5" (29.2cm) long by two "Y" mounts (one with securing pin missing), one of which is fitted with a capstan headed levelling screw. A tripod socket head, fitted with four levelling screws and a horizontally mounted slow motion screw for movement in azimuth, is attached to a spigot at centre of underside of stand.
Compass-Dia. 4.25" (10.8cm) mounted in centre of stand. Fitted with a steel edge bar needle, pointed at each end, 2.75" (7cm) long, with a jewelled pivot cap at centre. Graduated to 8 points, quadrantally in degrees, and anti-clockwise to 360 degs. Fitted with a needle lifting mechanism operated by a knob on verge ring of bowl.
AUDIT - object needs to be marked with its NAV number. The tripod is marked NAV1438.1 and can be viewed via the Whole/Part toggle. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | levels | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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