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ANTIQUE #SA1025965

Latimer Clarks Patent Portable Transit Instrument

£2,600    $3,522    €3,063
Latimer Clarks Patent portable Transit Instrument. Circa 1880 - 1882.
 
Made by A.J Frost, 6 Westminster Chambers, London, and supplied by Broadhurst, Clarkson & Co of Farringdon Road, London.
 
In case with Striding level, two shades, lens cap, and Illuminating speculum.
 
1 ¾ inch objective. Length: 48 cm.
 
Case dimensions: 55 x 33 x 17 cm.
 
 
For the same model of Transit instrument see the collection of:
 
The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Object ID: AST0983
 
Carter Observatory, Wellington, New Zealand. Object number: COB063
 
 
Literature:
 
A Treatise on the Transit Instrument as Applied to the Determination of Time, for the use of Country Gentlemen (1882).
 
A Manual of the Transit Instrument (1882).
 
 
Josiah Latimer Clark FRS, FRAS. (10 March 1822 – 30 October 1898).
 
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1025965
Dateline of this antique is 1880
Antique ID: SA1025965
Item: Latimer Clarks Patent Portable Transit Instrument - (reference SA1025965)
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