A fine 19th-Century French lacquered-brass surveying level, unsigned, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing, object glass dust cap, the trunnions and axis located on twin supports with sliding clamp and screw fittings, and fine adjustment by turn-key, raised on a tapering pillar support over the horizontal plate, incorporating two verniers and magnifiers with shades to read against the finely engraved silvered scale, with tangent-screw fine adjustment and clamp, supported on a massive pillar stand with secondary horizontal plate, similarly adjusted by tangent-screw, on tripod stand with three fine-screw adjusters, with turn-key, mounted on an oak platform base and contained in the original walnut carrying case with swing iron handle -- 15in. (38.7cm.) wide , the upper face of the case stamped 8 over 2 See Colour Illustration
A fine 19th-Century French lacquered-brass surveying level, unsigned, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing, object glass dust cap, the trunnions and axis located on twin supports with sliding clamp and screw fittings, and fine adjustment by turn-key, raised on a tapering pillar support over the horizontal plate, incorporating two verniers and magnifiers with shades to read against the finely engraved silvered scale, with tangent-screw fine adjustment and clamp, supported on a massive pillar stand with secondary horizontal plate, similarly adjusted by tangent-screw, on tripod stand with three fine-screw adjusters, with turn-key, mounted on an oak platform base and contained in the original walnut carrying case with swing iron handle -- 15in. (38.7cm.) wide , the upper face of the case stamped 8 over 2 See Colour Illustration
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