Lot Essay
Elliot Brothers were in production at 30 Strand 1859-60. In 1857 they took over Watkins and Hill. This instrument is a good example of the firms work at the end of their period.
Details
An oxidised and lacquered brass surveying theodolite, signed on the silvered dial Elliott Brot.rs 30 Strand London 602, with bubble level over telescope, with rack-and-pinion focusing, ray shade and dust slide, the 5½inch diameter vertical circle, with inset silvered scale divided quadrantly, twin vernier scale with twin magnifiers, tangent screw and clamp, with twin A frame supports, bubble and cross bubble, the horizontal plate with silvered compass box divided 10°-360°, with edge-bar needle and cap, with clamp, the horizontal plate with twin vernier and magnifier, divided 10°-360°, with tangent screw and clamp, on four screw tripod mount, with accessories in fitted mahogany case - 12¾in.wide; with a brass mounted tripod