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Serial Number: 988
Telescope Length: 9-3/4"
Diameter of Horizontal Circle: 6"
Needle Length: 4"
Diameter of Vertical Arc: 1/2 Arc 5"
Height: 11"
Weight: 14 lb
Box: 13-1/2"H, 9-1/2"W, 9-3/4"D
Condition: Good
Found: March 24, 1967; Buff&Buff Co., Boston, MA
CEH
Inventory# T18
Excerpted from “Makers of
Surveying Instruments of America since 1700” by Charles Smart, 1962, Vol
1, p. 97:
KOLESCH & COMPANY (1885 - 1947)
Heinrich Adolph Kolesch (1855 - 1903)
Percy Adolph Kolesch (1883 - 1931)
Heinrich Adolph
Kolesch was bom in Ulm, Germany, on February 27, 1855. He died in New
York City on October 27, 1903.
The Eleventh Edition of their catalog states that the company was
established in 1885.
They are listed in the New York City directories from 1886 thru 1942.
Kolesch and Company was incorporated in New York State on March 4, 1904.
They were dissolved by proclamation on December 15, 1947.
Percy A. Kolesch, the son of Adolph was born in New York City on January
13, 1883 and died while on a trip at Cave City, Kentucky on October 4,
1931.
There is a Kolesch transit in the Gurley Museum. It is engraved Kolesch
& Co., New York, Serial 2968. It has a 9" telescope, 5-1/4" limb and a
3-1/2" needle.
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