American transit with solar attachment
Datecirca 1908
Inventory Number5175a
ClassificationSurveyor's Transit
Subject
Maker
Keuffel & Esser Company
1867 - 1987
Place of OriginNew York, New York, United States
Dimensionstransit: 26.5 × 34.1 × 17.8 cm (10 7/16 × 13 7/16 × 7 in.)
case: 40.3 × 30.7 × 22 cm (15 7/8 × 12 1/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
case: 40.3 × 30.7 × 22 cm (15 7/8 × 12 1/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
Material
AccessoriesWood case w/ swing door and leather pockets for tools, a small aluminum tool, small sun telescope, packet of screws.
DescriptionAdditional small sun telescope, mounted to wood base along with transit.
Transit, L.S.S. 14 T
Transit, L.S.S. 14 T
InscribedKEUFFEL & ESSER Co. NEW YORK 18621
Historical AttributesPurchased by DW from Harvard Engineering Dept., Oct. 1961.
P. & R. Wittstock
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: Wood case w/ swing door, telescope hood, leather strap.
Object number: 5169
P. & R. Wittstock
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: Wood box, leather belt strap, telescope hood/sun shade.
Object number: 5171
Samuel Thaxter & Son
Date: circa 1895
Accessories: Wood case, screwdriver, telescope hood, small mysterious tool, key for box.
Object number: 5173a
W. & L. E. Gurley
Date: ca. 1884
Accessories: solar attachment; case; level; green filter; sun shade; tripod (5163b)
Object number: 5163a
W. & L. E. Gurley
Date: circa 1910
Accessories: carrying case; dust cap; small tool; sunshade; key; plumb bob chain; tripod (5176b)
Object number: 5176a
P. & R. Wittstock
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: Telescope hood/sun shade, wood case.
Object number: 1996-1-0070
W. & L. E. Gurley
Date: circa 1860
Accessories: Screw driver, C-Spanner, Spanner, Tom
Object number: 5269
L. M. Prince Company
Date: 1875-1910
Accessories: case; sunshade
Object number: 1989-1-0026
R. Iseli
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: walnut case with two adjustment tools, objective lens cap, and lens shade; Iseli trade card (inside box lid)
Object number: 5229
C. L. Berger & Sons
Date: circa 1925
Accessories: Original wood box, hand magnifier 3.5X (2008-1-0051b), brass collar
Object number: 2008-1-0051a
John H. Temple
Date: 1850-1870
Accessories: carrying case; dust cap; leather straps; tripod (5166b)
Object number: 5166a
Troughton & Simms
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: mahogany box with brass handle; sun shade for telescope
Object number: 5234