1st Feb, 2019 10:30

The Clocks, Scientific & Musical Instruments Auction

 
  Lot 1403
 

AN AZIMUTH MIRROR BY SIR W. THOMPSON

SIR W. THOMPSON'S AZIMUTH MIRROR,
by Henry Hughes & Son, Marine Opticians and Manufacturers, London, in original wooden box

Note: Used with a compass, this device enables the operator to take celestial and terrestrial bearings. By means of a mirror and a lens, the azimuth mirror allows both the compass's direction and the object in question to be seen at the same time and in the same direction.

 

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Sold for £50
Estimated at £50 - £80


 
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