Model transit instrument

Model of Bradley's 8ft Transit Instrument (by J Bird). Instrument is painted black, supports are pale grey, both attached to model floor. Imitation floorboards. Also included is a scale figure in a synthetic material lying on an observation chair. Also a model longcase clock, supported at the back by an imitation stone wall.

Object Details

ID: AST0026
Collection: Astronomical and navigational instruments
Type: Model transit instrument
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Allen, H. R.
Date made: Apr 1975
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 325 mm x 419 mm x 419 mm