~IMPORTANT MOUNTAIN SURVEYING PLANE TABLE ALIDADE-18th C.~
1000 Euros (900 GBP/$1100 USD) + postage
An important and rare plane table alidade for mountain surveying-18th century
Dimensions
42 x 16 x 4 cm. wide
Circa
1790
Maker
unbranded
Country of manufacture
France
Description
An important mountain surveying plane table alidade in fine condition-18th century-French/English?
The brass beam is 4 x 42 cm. long terminating at one end with a pair of sighting vanes (horse hairs intact) set at right angles and being 15 cm. tall with a wonderful “fleur-de-lys” upper (Gothic trefoil arch?) and held in place by numbered (with dots ….), hand cut and threaded thumb screws to the numbered plate positions. The other end with an unusual semi-circular sighting vane (16 cm. in height), also held in place by numbered screws to the base plate, surmounted by decorative upper section. Used for mountain or mine surveying, it is the perfect design for steep inclines while working on a plane surveying table. Possibly used by the French in the Napoleonic wars, mapping through the Pyrenees prior to the war of 1813. A rare survivor of which I have never seen another in 40 years.
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ScientificaOpticae
Scientifica Opticae
Mark Hacking (Scientifica Opticae Inc.) has been an avid collector/dealer for over 30 years. A former Science teacher, he has an innate love for anything natural or mechanical. Specializing in optical (microscopes, telescopes), surveying, medical, weighing and drawing instruments, he is an active participant of the Scientific Instrument Fair in London. Living in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and two children; Mark looks forward to meeting as many fellow collectors as possible, and has a worldwide following on eBay (Sciopti).
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