$235
Lacquered-Brass Surveyor's Transit by Buff & Buff, Boston, No. 24231, with U-shaped standard, brass plate with via and opposed silvered verniers, tangent-screw adjustment, 11-inch lg. focusing telescope, and four-screw leveling base, ht. 12 in., in dovetailed mahogany case with company labels. Note: The transit does not feature a compass, the space being taken up by the U-form standard designed for additional accuracy in tunnel work.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28