a circular wooden lead weighted base with turned wooden leg terminating in an apparatus plate. The stand is telescopic with adjustment by a wooden screw
Stand for a block iron (ABDUA 15902), handle broken, decoration, bell, ring & crown, scrolls, bird (i.e. Glasgow shield). One of a number of items donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, some of which were used on the farm of Darnabo, near Fyvie,…
Included in Observatory equipment of 1823 Marischal College Natural Philosophy Inventory (King's Archives). Value: one guinea', ' Standard foot Examined by Maskelyne ' on paper in Copland's hand sellotaped onto lid. Inscribed 'J Sisson London'.