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Auction archive: Lot number 140

An American pattern simple graphometer, the mahogany frame with compass needle, inlaid brass protractor and swivelling copper alidade with 2 sights, on shaped stand - 8in. (20.3cm.) wide; and an 18th-Century wooden framed compass, unsigned, with colo...

Auction 18.06.1992
18 Jun 1992
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$370 - US$555
Price realised:
£198
ca. US$366
Auction archive: Lot number 140

An American pattern simple graphometer, the mahogany frame with compass needle, inlaid brass protractor and swivelling copper alidade with 2 sights, on shaped stand - 8in. (20.3cm.) wide; and an 18th-Century wooden framed compass, unsigned, with colo...

Auction 18.06.1992
18 Jun 1992
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$370 - US$555
Price realised:
£198
ca. US$366
Beschreibung:

An American pattern simple graphometer, the mahogany frame with compass needle, inlaid brass protractor and swivelling copper alidade with 2 sights, on shaped stand - 8in. (20.3cm.) wide; and an 18th-Century wooden framed compass, unsigned, with coloured compass card, iron needle, the limb pierced for 2 sights - 11 7/8in. (30.2cm.) long; and an American road gradient level with brass alidade, twin folding sights and plummet, inscribed in pencil on the protractor R J Howden. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 140
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jun 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

An American pattern simple graphometer, the mahogany frame with compass needle, inlaid brass protractor and swivelling copper alidade with 2 sights, on shaped stand - 8in. (20.3cm.) wide; and an 18th-Century wooden framed compass, unsigned, with coloured compass card, iron needle, the limb pierced for 2 sights - 11 7/8in. (30.2cm.) long; and an American road gradient level with brass alidade, twin folding sights and plummet, inscribed in pencil on the protractor R J Howden. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 140
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jun 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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