quintant
Date1862-1873
Inventory Number5305
ClassificationQuintant
Subject
Maker
McMillan & Talbott
fl. 1862 - 1873
Repaired by
Alexander Dobbie
fl. 1844 - 1885
Repaired by
George Gowland
fl. 1851 - 1865
Repaired by
Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. & Company
1858 - 1883
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsquintant: 23.2 × 26.2 × 10.3 cm (9 1/8 × 10 5/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
case: 12.2 × 28.2 × 31.5 cm (4 13/16 × 11 1/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
case: 12.2 × 28.2 × 31.5 cm (4 13/16 × 11 1/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
Material
Accessorieskeystone mahogany box, sight tube( 3.25"), telescopes (2: 3.25" and 7.375"), eyepiece shade
DescriptionThis quintant is made of blackened brass with a lattice [ladder] frame. there is an inlaid silver scale and vernier on the reinforced brass index arm, and a holder for a magnifying glass [vernier maginfier] with the lens missing. There is an adjustable mirror with four fixed glass shades, and a horizon glass that can be adjusted with a pin. the telescope has an adjustable sight vane. There is a fixed wooden handle below the frame.
It has a 7.25" radius, 4 index shades, 3 horizon shades, 0 to 10 vernier to 10" (0 right), -5° to 150° scale.
It has a mahogany keystone box.
It has a 7.25" radius, 4 index shades, 3 horizon shades, 0 to 10 vernier to 10" (0 right), -5° to 150° scale.
It has a mahogany keystone box.
Signedon limb: Mc.Millan & Talbott, 13 Tower Hill London
on trade card in case: Alexander Dobbie, Glasgow
on trade card in case: George Gowland, Liverpool
on trade card in case: F. W. Lincoln Jr. & Co., Boston
on outside of box lid: L.S.S.I.
Spencer, Browning, & Company
Date: 1845-1860
Accessories: Keystone mahogany box, sight tube, telescopes (2, 3.25" and 7"), sunshade, adjustment tool
Object number: 5317
William Gerrard
Date: 1862-1890
Accessories: rectangular mahogany box, telescopes (2), sight tube, eyepiece shade, eyepiece
Object number: 5263
George Whitbread
Date: 1828-1844
Accessories: Mahogany keystone box, telescopes (3), sight tube (1), adjustment tool, tube
Object number: 5307
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
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
Heath & Company, Ltd.
Date: 1875-1890
Accessories: 7 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
Object number: 5311
Henry Duren
Date: 1852-1861
Accessories: keystone box (mahogany?), second telescope (3.25") in box
Object number: 5306
Riggs & Brother
Date: 1820-1840
Accessories: keystone mahogany box, telescope, eyepiece shade
Object number: 5245
Spencer, Browning, & Company
Date: 1843-1850
Accessories: box with key, adjustment tool, telescope, eye tube, eyepiece shade
Object number: 5248
