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Telescopic alidade
Circle-Black painted brass, graduated anti-clockwise to 360 degs. Fitted with counter-weight at foreside.
Prismatic telescope-13.5" (34.3cm) long, mounted above circle. A small spirit level is attached to underside of telescope. A unit containing pentagonal prism, lens and lozenge prism, which fits on O.G. of telescope, is housed in wooden box.
In fitted wooden box 15 x 14.25 x 6.25" (38.1 x 36.2 x 15.9cm)
Prismatic telescope-13.5" (34.3cm) long, mounted above circle. A small spirit level is attached to underside of telescope. A unit containing pentagonal prism, lens and lozenge prism, which fits on O.G. of telescope, is housed in wooden box.
In fitted wooden box 15 x 14.25 x 6.25" (38.1 x 36.2 x 15.9cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO1205 |
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| Type: | Telescopic alidade |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Kollmorgen Optical Corp |
| Date made: | 1941 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 115 mm x 385 mm x 255 mm |
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