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Plummet level

Level by Benjamin Cole

1750

Level & clinometer, English, 1860-1910

1860-1910

Watts level

1968-1972

Level by Cooke Troughton and Simms Ltd of York

1970-1975

Level used for setting Eccentrics

"Ni 007" level

1970

Level by Malizard of Paris, late 19th Century

1870-1900

Level No. II by Carl Zeiss Jena

1928

Lefebvre type clitograph, French, 1862

1862

Clitograph level, French, 1862-1900

1862-1900

level

level

level

level

Miner's level, by W. & S. Jones, mid 19th century

1830-1870

Level by Cooke, Troughton & Simms Ltd, 1959

1959

28 inch level, by Troughton and Simms, with case

1801-1831

Clitograph, 3rd category, by J. Lefebvre, Paris, France

1862-1900

Small level with compass by G Davis

circa 1825

Abney level & clinometer, English, 1851-1856

1851-1856

Abney level & clinometer, English, 1875-1885

1875-1885

Reflecting plummet level

1829-1900

Compensation level, German, 1874

1874

Optical balance level

1700-1799

Abney type level

1880

Combined Abney Level and Clinometer, 1875-1885

1875-1885

Combined Abney Level and Clinometer, 1882-1887

1882-1887

industrial spirit level

N. K.

level

level

Optical balance level, after a type used in the 17th Century, British, 1700-1799

Optical balance level

1700-1799

Watkin's Improved Combined Finder, Level and Telemeter

Watkin's Improved Combined Finder, Level and Telemeter

12-inch level by Troughton and Simms. With tripod.

12-inch level by Troughton and Simms. With tripod

1801-1900

Bubble level for checking the horizontality of telescope axis, early 19th century

Bubble level for checking the horizontality of telescope axis

1801-1850

Level by Hall Brothers of Croydon, no.451232, HO 20, with tripod HO 19. In wooden case, c. 1940s

Level by Hall Brothers of Croydon

1941-1950

30 inch level by Cary, c.1830, used by J.A. Lloyd in 1831 to ascertain the fall of the Thames between London Bridge and Sheerness

30 inch level by Cary

1830