Transit instrument of 3-inch aperture and focal length of 42 inches
- Materials:
- glass and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- 1900-137 Pt2
- type:
- instrument component and transit instrument
Transit instrument of 3-inch aperture and focal length of 42 inches, with striding level by Dollond with wooden case. This Royal Society instrument was used by Captain Kater for his experiments on the pendulum at the principal stations of his trigonometrical survey.