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CECIL E. HANSON COLLECTION
ANTIQUE SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS |
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AMERICAN TRANSITS
Currently in the Collection
(CLICK ON LINK FOR PICTURES AND DETAILS) |
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Transits with solar
attachments |
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inv# |
Instrument Maker - Location, Estimated date
made |
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T7 |
W & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca. 1888
- With Burt improved solar attachment |
| T9 |
T. F. Randolph - Cincinnati, OH,
ca.1890 - With Burt improved solar attachement |
| T12 |
Buff & Burger -
Boston, MA, ca.1890 - With Saegmuller solar attachment |
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T22 |
Eugene Dietzen Co.- Chicago,IL and New
York, NY, ca.1920 - With Buff & Buff solar attachment |
| T32 |
Baush Lomb & Saegmuller, 1907
- With Saegmuller solar attachment |
| T42 |
W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca.1900
- With Burt improved solar attachment |
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Transits |
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inv# |
Instrument Maker - Location, Estimated date
made |
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T2 |
W & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca.
1862 |
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T5 |
W & L. E. Gurley - Troy NY, ca. 1875 |
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T6 |
Shanahan & Loeber,
181 Williams St., - New York, NY, ca. 1853-56 |
| T8 |
Young & Sons - Philadelphia, PA,
ca.1903 |
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T11 |
Blattner & Adams -
St. Louis, MO, ca.1885 - Mining Transit |
| T13 |
Stackpole & Brother -
New York, NY, ca.1890 |
| T14 |
Young & Sons -
Philadelphia, PA, ca.1896 |
| T15 |
F. W. Lincoln Jr. & Company -
Boston, MA, ca.1880 |
| T17 |
Heller & Brightly -
Philadelphia, PA, ca.1880's |
| T18 |
Kolesch & Co - New York, NY, ca.1910 |
| T20 |
C. C. Hutchinson - Boston, MA, ca.1905 |
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T21 |
Stackpole & Brother - New York, NY, ca.1900 |
| T23 |
W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, 1909 |
| T24 |
W. E. Moody - Boston, MA, ca.1885 |
| T25 |
Keuffel & Esser Co. - New York, NY, ca.1906 |
| T28 |
A. Lietz & Co. - San
Francisco, CA, ca 1900 |
| T29 |
A. S. Aloe & Co - St. Louis, MO, ca
1895 |
| T30 |
T. F. Randolph -
Cincinnati, OH, ca.1880 |
| T31 |
W. & L.E. Gurley - Troy, NY, 1909 |
| T33 |
Queen & Co.
- Philidephia, PA. ca. 1893-1912 |
| T34 |
Keuffel & Esser Co. - New York, NY, ca.1887 |
| T35 |
F. E. Brandis
& Sons - Brooklyn, NY |
| T36 |
Lietz, ca. 1910 |
| T37 |
Buff & Buff
- Boston, MA |
| T39 |
W. & L.E. Gurley - Troy, NY, 1940 |
| T43 |
CL Berger & Sons, Boston,
MA, ca.1946 |
| T44 |
B. Pike &
Sons, 166 BrWay, New York, NY |
| T46 |
F. E. Brandis
& Sons - Brooklyn, NY |
No Longer in the Collection |
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inv# |
Instrument Maker - Location, Estimated date
made; Current location |
| T1 |
Wm Schmolz, San Francisco, CA, ca. 1860;
Donated to Mt Diablo Summit Museum (1992) |
| T3 |
Edmund Draper, Phildelphia, PA, ca. 1860;
Donated to Sacramento RR Museum (2004) |
| T4 |
W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca.1878;
Donated to Sacramento RR Museum (2004) |
| T10 |
W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca.1885;
Donated to Lynden (WA) Pioneer Museum (2015) |
| T16 |
Young & Sons -
Philadelphia, PA, ca.1892; Donated to Surveyor's Historical Society by
CEH
(1979) |
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T19 |
R. Seelig - Chicago, IL, ca.1915;
Sold on EBay (4/2023) |
| T26 |
P. & R. Wittstock
(American Design) - Berlin, Germany, ca.1915; Sold on Ebay (7/2022) |
| T27 |
W. & L. E.
Gurley - Troy, NY, 1935; Sold on Ebay (10/2022) |
| T38 |
Keuffel & Esser Co. - New York, NY, ca.1919;
Gifted to Phil Hill (2017) |
| T40 |
CL Berger & Sons, Boston,
MA; Has not been located; was on CEH inventory list |
| T41 |
John W.
Harmon - Boston, MA, ca. 1900; Sold on EBay (9/2021) |
| T45 |
W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, 1924; Donated to
Houston Geophysical Society (2015) |
| T47 |
W. & L.E. Gurley - Troy, NY,
1913 - No Scope; Sold on EBay (2/2022) |
| T48 |
Buff & Buff
- Boston, MA; Sold on EBay (11/2022) |
| T49 |
A. Lietz & Co. - San Francisco, CA, ca
1920; Gifted to Dick Peterman (2017) |