TWO EXTREMELY RARE HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT RANGE FINDING TELESCOPES, CATER RAND’S PATENT OF 1799.
£1,900 GBP EACH
CATER RAND'S TELESCOPES MADE & SOLD BY WILLIAM WATKINS OF 70 ST JAMES STREET, LONDON. COAT OF ARMS: BY THE KINGS ROYAL PATENT. ONE IS NAVAL PATERN THE OTHER IS A 4 DRAW MILITARY PATERN, NUMBERED 18 & 75., BOTH WITH SMALL SILVER SCALE & VERNIER WITH READER/MAGNIFIER. BOTH HAVE TABLES OF COMPUTING HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF OBJECTS UNDER A SLIDING BRASS COVER, N/P ON PAPER M/P ON BRASS, IVORY PLAQUE FOR RECORDING MEASUREMENTS.
Circa
1800
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
NAVAL PATERN 44″ FULLY EXTENDED, 35.1/4″ INCHES CLOSED. MILITARY PATERN 43″ FULLY EXTENDED, 12.5/8″ INCHES CLOSED. BOTH O.G.’S 1.7/8″ INCHES GLASS SHOWING, EYE-PIECE SLIDES WITH DARK GLASS FILTER, GOOD IMAGES & OPTICS, DOUBLE INTERNAL PARALLEL CROSS WIRES INTACT. THERE IS AN EXAMPLE IN THE MARITIME MUSEUM IN GREENWICH, THERE WAS ANOTHER IN CHARLES MILLER ON 1.5.2013 No. 85 WILLIAM WATKINS WORKING AT 70 ST JAMES STREET 1800 TO 1809. IVORY EXEMPTION No’s YS7JGM9S & FJ2QXB13
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