A LACQUERED BRASS POCKET TRANSIT AND INCLINOMETER, A BRASS BUTTERFIELD-TYPE DIAL, A HORIZONTAL DIAL, AND A BRASS UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL DIAL, the pocket transit and inclinometer, circular, inset with silvered brass compass and degree scales, with folding sights, within pasteboard case-- late 19th century, 3½in. (8.9cm.) diam. , the brass Butterfield-type dial and horizontal dial, each octagonal, fitted with a compass and folding gnoman with degree scale, the first engraved with chapters for several latitudes and, on the reverse, with a gazetteer of European towns-- 19th/20th century, 3in. (7.6cm.) and 4in. (10.2cm.) long , the brass universal equinoctial dial for the American market within square wooden case with hinged lid (formerly with fishskin covering), the compass well inclosed by IIII - VIII chapter ring also engraved with latitudes of New York, New Orleans and other cities in the Americas, folding degree scale and pin gnomon-- 4.5in. (11.4cm.) square (4)
A LACQUERED BRASS POCKET TRANSIT AND INCLINOMETER, A BRASS BUTTERFIELD-TYPE DIAL, A HORIZONTAL DIAL, AND A BRASS UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL DIAL, the pocket transit and inclinometer, circular, inset with silvered brass compass and degree scales, with folding sights, within pasteboard case-- late 19th century, 3½in. (8.9cm.) diam. , the brass Butterfield-type dial and horizontal dial, each octagonal, fitted with a compass and folding gnoman with degree scale, the first engraved with chapters for several latitudes and, on the reverse, with a gazetteer of European towns-- 19th/20th century, 3in. (7.6cm.) and 4in. (10.2cm.) long , the brass universal equinoctial dial for the American market within square wooden case with hinged lid (formerly with fishskin covering), the compass well inclosed by IIII - VIII chapter ring also engraved with latitudes of New York, New Orleans and other cities in the Americas, folding degree scale and pin gnomon-- 4.5in. (11.4cm.) square (4)
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