What is this instrument for?

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17-09-12, 04:49

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Terry Warner

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It looks like an Abney Level for measuring vertical angles. I have seen shorter ones, but the idea is to sight through the tube and adjust the protractor needle to vertical. You can do the same thing with a handheld compass with a collumator.

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