Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2283Location: BoltonDate / Time: May 03, 2005 10:00AM
Description:
Brass Theodolite by Wm. J. Young & Co., Philadelphia, No. 4124, with 4 1/2-inch diameter silvered dial, engraved star and scrolls at North, blued-steel needle, needle ring divided 0-90 in four quadrants, silvered horizontal scale with vernier and tangent-screw adjustment, and 10-inch lg. focusing telescope on twin A-frames, on four-screw leveling base, ht. 12 in., in fitted mahogany case with outer canvas cover and pasted-in label of F.W. Lincoln, Jr. & Co., 126 Commercial St., Boston.
Estimate $600-800