quintant
Date1875-1890
Inventory Number5311
ClassificationQuintant
Subject
Maker
Heath & Company, Ltd.
1845 - 1960s
Seller
Charles C. Hutchinson
1832 - 1913
User
Harvard College
founded 1636
User
Radcliffe College
1894 - 1999
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions12.5 × 22.6 × 21.5 cm (4 15/16 × 8 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
box: 12.4 × 25.3 × 24 cm (4 7/8 × 9 15/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
box: 12.4 × 25.3 × 24 cm (4 7/8 × 9 15/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Material
Accessories7 1/8" telescope, 3 1/4" shade tube, 3 1/4" telescope, eyepiece shade, and mahogany box. with "4" on lid and "H" on front
DescriptionThree-circle pattern frame made of blackened brass. There is an inlaid silver scale, and a reinforced brass index arm with a silver vernier.
There is a fine adjustment screw and a swinging magnifier with a shade, and a horizon glass can be adjusted witha pin. The adjustable index mirror has 3 fixed shades, and it comes with a sight vane for the telescope, and a fixed wooden handle.
It has a 6 1/8" radius, -5 to 150 degree scale with 0 to 10 vernier to 10" (0 right), with a magnifier and a screw adjust under limb, 3 horizon shades and 4 index shades.
There is a fine adjustment screw and a swinging magnifier with a shade, and a horizon glass can be adjusted witha pin. The adjustable index mirror has 3 fixed shades, and it comes with a sight vane for the telescope, and a fixed wooden handle.
It has a 6 1/8" radius, -5 to 150 degree scale with 0 to 10 vernier to 10" (0 right), with a magnifier and a screw adjust under limb, 3 horizon shades and 4 index shades.
Signedin script on limb: Manufactured by Heath & Co. Ld. for . C. C. Hutchinson, Boston
on blue label on side of box: CHAS. C. HUTCHINSON Nautical, Surveying INSTRUMENTS Charts, Books 126 COMMERCIAL ST. BOSTON
Inscribedpainted on frame: 2 orange H's
ProvenanceByerly Hall, Radcliffe College; transferred to CHSI October 13, 1964.
Historical AttributesHarvard piece used in the Radcliffe lecture room.
William Gerrard
Date: 1862-1890
Accessories: rectangular mahogany box, telescopes (2), sight tube, eyepiece shade, eyepiece
Object number: 5263
Peter A. Feathers
Date: 1842-1874
Accessories: Square mahogany box, one shade tube (8.4 cm), one erecting telescope (8.3 cm), and one inverting telescope (18.3 cm) with four crosshairs, one pin tool
Object number: 5333
McMillan & Talbott
Date: 1862-1873
Accessories: keystone mahogany box, sight tube( 3.25"), telescopes (2: 3.25" and 7.375"), eyepiece shade
Object number: 5305
George Whitbread
Date: 1828-1844
Accessories: Mahogany keystone box, telescopes (3), sight tube (1), adjustment tool, tube
Object number: 5307
Spencer, Browning, & Company
Date: 1845-1860
Accessories: Keystone mahogany box, sight tube, telescopes (2, 3.25" and 7"), sunshade, adjustment tool
Object number: 5317
Edward Troughton
Date: 1804-1826
Accessories: Mahogany keystone box, stenciled in white paint on top and side of lid "P. Townsend"; 2 Telescopes; 1 Eyepiece
Object number: 5308
Spencer, Browning, & Company
Date: 1843-1850
Accessories: box with key, adjustment tool, telescope, eye tube, eyepiece shade
Object number: 5248
Edward Troughton
Date: circa 1810
Accessories: Square walnut box, U-shapedhandle assembly, additional handle, eye shade tube, telescope, eyepieces (2), screw driver, eyepiece shades (2), vernier magnifier
Object number: 5316
Riggs & Brother
Date: 1820-1840
Accessories: keystone mahogany box, telescope, eyepiece shade
Object number: 5245
Benjamin Messer
Date: 1800-1820
Accessories: Keystone mahogany box, telescope
Object number: 5310
Legey
Date: circa 1838
Accessories: shades with double tabs (4); shades with single tab (4); screwdriver and square key.
Object number: 5268
Henry Duren
Date: 1852-1861
Accessories: keystone box (mahogany?), second telescope (3.25") in box
Object number: 5306