Pub. 15 2022 Issue 1 • UCLS Foresights 23 The face of a Goldsmith Chandlee (1751-1821) vernier compass; Winchester, VA, circa 1800. Eagle holding banner with “John Orndorf” for whom the compass was made. The standard American vernier compass by W. & L.E. Gurley. This form with vernier, outkeeper, sights, level vials, was made from about 1860 and remained in the Gurley catalogs into the 1930s. It attached to either a tripod or Jacobs Staff. A rare Solar Compass by a very rare maker, John S. Hougham; Franklin, IN. Compass was made about 1861. Solar Transit by W. & L.E. Gurley; Troy, NY. Telescopic compass (not a transit) by Blattner & Adam; St. Louis, MO. Late 1800s. Gimbaled compass by James Reed (1792-1878) of Pittsburgh. Used in the mines. This is one of the first transits made in America. William J. Young, Philadelphia. Three-minute least count, bullseye bubble. Was made in the very early 1830s. Two alidades by Fauth & Co., Washington, D.C. An assortment of chains: Gunter’s Chain, 66 feet. A half-chain, 33 feet. Railroad or Engineer’s Chain, 100 feet. Continued on page 24
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