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tall cylindrical glass laboratory jar with rimmed top and base. Dried orange rubber around rim

glass hydrometer, scale1800-2000, lead weighted bottom bulb. In red cardboard box

Brass extending telescope with holder, no stand. Manufacturers name engraved on side but underneath the holder.

a cylindrical spirit level with square hook at each end possibly for attachment to a horizontal line

Plane table, with compass, sector, sights, and stand . A plane table compass by G. Adams, almost identical with the extent of this set, is in the Whipple Museum and is illustrated in their catalogue of surveying instruments (Catalogue 1, The Whipple…

wooden stool with 4 wooden feet

Small wooden drawer of miscellaneous items including brass tweezers, rotating aperture selector, eyepiece, a lens and screws. Drawer has an ivory handle and used to hold slides or lenses as grooves set in wood.

in wood, small trestle table or stool with crossed supports at each end, brass screws, possibly for equipment support

black wooden frame containing 'magic' mirror with terminal and wires to connect to 25volts; switch to alter image reflection

brass stand with large round metal lens holder.