Telescope, transit

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OBJECT TYPE
TRANSIT
DATE
1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1976.0300.001
MANUFACTURER
Cooke & Sons
MODEL
504
LOCATION
London, England

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
2
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
BRASS/ GLASS/ CAST IRON BASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
73.7 cm
Width
33.0 cm
Height
108.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Astronomy
Category
Observation equipment
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Cooke
Country
England
State/Province
Unknown
City
London

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
British Columbia
Period
C. 1905
Canada
USED IN VANCOUVER FOR TRANSPACIFIC LONGITUDE/ ONE OF THE FIRST 2 TRANSITS USED AT THE CLIFF ST. OBS. IN OTTAWA (WHERE THE SUPREME COURT IS NOW) FROM CA. 1890-1905 THEN MOVED TO THE DOMINION OBS. IN 1905.
Function
USED TO DETERMINE TIME FOR CANADA; MEASURES THE TIME IT TAKES FOR STARS TO CROSS THE CELESTIAL MERIDIAN.
Technical
LATER EXAMPLE OF A TELESCOPE OF THIS TYPE.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
N/A
Missing
YES; (AS PER CATALOGUE CARD, PIECES MISSING UNKNOWN) From CA of 11/09/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears to be complete
Finish
Unknown
Decoration
N/A

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