transit
Datecirca 1885
Inventory Number5168a
ClassificationTransit
Subject
Maker
Stackpole and Brother
1851 - 1910
Maker
Buff & Buff Manufacturing Company
1898 - 1982
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionstransit: 31.2 × 18.5 × 26.7 cm (12 5/16 × 7 5/16 × 10 1/2 in.)
case: 36.8 × 30.9 × 24.5 cm (14 1/2 × 12 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
case: 36.8 × 30.9 × 24.5 cm (14 1/2 × 12 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Material
Accessoriescarrying case; dust cap; tripod (5168b)
DescriptionThe telescope is fixed between two "inverted-V" columns. The telescope has one focusing knob, shades and cross hairs. Fixed under it is a bubble level. A graduated circle with vernier is used to measure the telescope angle. Under the telescope is a compass and two perpendicular bubble levels (one at the compass's level, the other fixed to a column). This structure pivots in the horizontal plan and its position is finely determined by two vernier scales. It rests on a sturdy mount with four leveling screw. The latter is fixed to a tripod.
The instrument is mounted on a wooden base, for display.
When not in use, the transit and its accessories were stored in a carrying case. It is not original to this instrument, since there is a label inside mentioning the Buff & Buff Manufacturing Co. (Perhaps the seller, though these transits were so similar from one company to the other that the cases could fit most of them.)
The instrument is mounted on a wooden base, for display.
When not in use, the transit and its accessories were stored in a carrying case. It is not original to this instrument, since there is a label inside mentioning the Buff & Buff Manufacturing Co. (Perhaps the seller, though these transits were so similar from one company to the other that the cases could fit most of them.)
Signedon instrument: Stackpole & Brother / New York 1881
John H. Temple
Date: 1850-1870
Accessories: carrying case; dust cap; leather straps; tripod (5166b)
Object number: 5166a
Buff & Buff Manufacturing Company
Date: circa 1910
Accessories: carrying case; sunshades (2); dust cap; trivet; tripod (5177b)
Object number: 5177a
Heller & Brightly
Date: circa 1908
Accessories: carrying case; plumb bob; tripod (5167b)
Object number: 5167a
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
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1910
Accessories: carrying case; dust caps (2); sunshades (2); extra eyepiece; tripod (5170b)
Object number: 5170a
Buff & Buff Manufacturing Company
Date: circa 1905
Accessories: wood case; leather case; right-angle prism; plumb bob; oil flask; tripod (5174b)
Object number: 5174a
Stackpole and Brother
Date: 1851-1880
Accessories: pine storage box
Object number: 1989-4-0002a
William J. Young & Sons
Date: 1870-1875
Accessories: carrying case; dust cap; sunshade; leather belt strap; tripod (5165b)
Object number: 5165a
Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. & Company
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: carrying case; sunshade; dust cap; tripod (5164b)
Object number: 5164a
Buff & Berger
Date: 1871-1898
Accessories: plane table compass; sun shade; dust cap
Object number: 5153
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