plate, transit

Plate, transit for tops of piers of portable transit instruments, and for clamping ys. In fitted wooden box stamped 'HMS Sylvia' with 4 screws.

Object Details

ID: AST1026
Collection: Astronomical and navigational instruments
Type: plate, transit
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Troughton & Simms
Date made: 1870 ?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 140 mm x 410 mm x 265 mm