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PLANE TABLE SURVEYING COMPASS BY GEORGE ADAMS SR, C1740

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PLANE TABLE SURVEYING COMPASS BY GEORGE ADAMS SR, C1740

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A PLANE TABLE SURVEYING COMPASS BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR, CIRCA 1740, with 4Â½in. compass card signed around pictorial depiction of the sun MADE BY G. ADAMS IN FLEET-STREET LONDON, blued steel needle with gilt 'N/S', stepped brass degree ring, mounted in wooden hexagon with wooden lip at West for table insertion -- 8Â¾in. (22cm.) overall,

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PLANE TABLE SURVEYING COMPASS BY GEORGE ADAMS SR, C1740

Name: PLANE TABLE SURVEYING COMPASS BY GEORGE ADAMS SR, C1740
SKU: 48473726
Price: 950 GBP
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