Y level
Date1893-1912
Inventory Number5160a
ClassificationSurveyor's Level
Subject
Seller
Queen & Company
1893 - 1912
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionslevel: 18.6 × 11 × 29.3 cm (7 5/16 × 4 5/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
case: 20.6 × 35.2 × 14.6 cm (8 1/8 × 13 7/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
case: 20.6 × 35.2 × 14.6 cm (8 1/8 × 13 7/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
Material
Accessoriescase, sun shade, wrench
DescriptionSurveyor's Y level made of gun metal. Typical telescopic sight mounted on Y standards attached to a horizontal arm. The bubble level is suspended below the telescope. The arm rotates over a horizontal spoked wheel divided into degrees 0°-90°-0°-90°-0°. There is a vernier.
The instrument's horizontal scale is the top of two parallel plates with leveling screws between them. The lower plate is designed to sit on a tripod. The original tripod is listed as 5160b.
Other accessories include a dust cover for telescope, wooden case, sunshade, and wrench.
The instrument's horizontal scale is the top of two parallel plates with leveling screws between them. The lower plate is designed to sit on a tripod. The original tripod is listed as 5160b.
Other accessories include a dust cover for telescope, wooden case, sunshade, and wrench.
SignedQueen & Co. / Phila
Inscribedserial number: 5858
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Roland Hammond, North Andover, Massachusetts, August 8, 1959. Donated to CHSI April 4, 1964.
Bausch, Lomb, Saegmuller Company
Date: 1905-1907
Accessories: screwdriver; key; dust cap; sunshade; carrying case; tripod (5162b)
Object number: 5162a
Troughton & Simms
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: mahogany box with brass handle; sun shade for telescope
Object number: 5234
Buff & Buff Manufacturing Company
Date: circa 1905
Accessories: wood case; leather case; right-angle prism; plumb bob; oil flask; tripod (5174b)
Object number: 5174a
Iszard-Warren Co., Inc.
Date: circa 1910
Accessories: mahogany case with brass corners and lock; key missing; leather strap; screwdriver; dust cover; sunshade; tripod, see 5150b
Object number: 5150a
C. L. Berger & Sons
Date: circa 1902
Accessories: pine case with lock (key not found); screwdriver; leather strap; sunshade; dust cover; tripod (see 5161b)
Object number: 5161a
W. & L. E. Gurley
Date: ca. 1884
Accessories: solar attachment; case; level; green filter; sun shade; tripod (5163b)
Object number: 5163a
Peter & John Dollond
Date: 1780-1800
Accessories: mahogany box with brass hooks, hinges, and handle; tripod (see 5240b)
Object number: 5240a
Buff & Berger
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: mahogany case; sunshade; screws; dust cover
Object number: 5143a
Buff & Berger
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: mahogany case; sunshade; screws; dust cover; tripod (5144b)
Object number: 5144a
James E. Moody
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: mahogany case; sunshade; dust cap; tripod (5141b)
Object number: 5141a
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