7 Inch Quintant with Bubble Horizon
Diamond and Diamond pattern Quintant, ‘P.A. Feathers & Son. Dundee’ with bubble horizon
Type of object:
Circle/Quintant
Time period:
Britain rules the waves + France
Place:
London
Date:
1870
Maker / Author:
P.A. Feathers & Son. Dundee
Publisher / Printer:
idem
Dimensions:
7 inch radius
Material:
Brass and glass, wooden handle with hole
Graduation:
0 - 150 °
Inscription:
P.A. Feathers & Son. Dundee
Provenance:
The Elli Buk collection sold by Grogan & Company 25/4/2013 Dedham, Massachusetts, USA
References:
Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 by Gloria Clifton
Description
Quintant, Diamond and Diamond pattern in brass and wood.
Handle with whole for stand or tripod.
Three lenses, one with a build-inn bubble horizon which can be seen though the lens instead of the horizon.
Provenance: The Elli Buk collection sold by Grogan & Company 25/4/2013 Dedham, Massachusetts, USA
Notes: No box, 2 extra brass telescopes, 4 shades & 3 horizon shades
Probably used at sea rather than for surveying
Feathers P.A. lived, 1842 – 1874 in Dundee,
succeeded by P.A. Feathers & Son, ( I presume around 1870)
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