RARE 6 INCH DIP CIRCLE BY ROBINSON
£590 GBP
VERY INTERESTING DIP CIRCLE SIGNED: ROBISON. 38, DEVONSHIRE STREET, PORTLAND PLACE. LONDON. VERTICAL DIAL 6" INCHES DIAMETER WITH SILVERED RING DIVIDED IN 10' MINUTE DIVISIONS IN FOUR 90 DEGREE QUADRANTS, HORIZONTAL CIRCLE DIVIDED IN SINGLE DEGREES IN TWO 180 DEGREES HALF CIRCLES. ORIGINAL NEEDLE & TWIN MAGNIFIERS. A SIMILAR INSTRUMENT WAS TAKEN ON FRANKLINS FINAL EXPEDITION TO THE ARTIC.
Circa
1830
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
THOMAS CHARLES ROBINSON W. 1830 D. 1841 ROBINSON’S INSTRUMENTS ARE QUITE RARE & USUALLY OF EXPEDITION QUALITY, HE FAVOURED THREE SCREW MOUNTS OF THE TRANSIT TYPE. HIS ITEMS WERE USUALLY BLACKENED, UNFORTUNATELY THIS EXAMPLE HAS BEEN RE-LACQUERED ( NOT GUILTY ) THE THREE LEVELLING SCREWS ARE A REPLACEMENT ALSO THE GLASS’S ARE PERSPEX WITH IS SAFER. ON SAYING ALL OF THIS IT IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE ITEM IN GOOD CONDITION, WHEN WILL ANOTHER SHOW UP!
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MikeRead
Mike Read Antique Sciences
Based in Lelant, near St Ives, Cornwall, I have been trading since 1979, buying and selling scientific instruments and nautical antiques. Over the years I have acquired many rare and wonderful items for the trade and collectors alike. I hope this continues. Mike Read. Email: michaelread060@gmail.com
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