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<p>[QUOTE="Swellengear, post: 10157870, member: 89467"]I have news! So unfortunately the guys at Oxford were not able to assist, however they suggested their email based forum, which has many members worldwide. So that is what I did. Within a few hours a Dr. Alexi Baker of the Yale Peabody Museum got in touch, and seems to have identified the scope as an antique Diastimeter, most likely manufactured by the Elliott Bros of London in the 1800s.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/JhSSvq1G/Diastimeter.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is the link the site, it is in German, but Google translate will help.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.goldschmid-aneroide.com/firmengeschichte/jakob-goldschmid/diastimeter/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.goldschmid-aneroide.com/firmengeschichte/jakob-goldschmid/diastimeter/" rel="nofollow">https://www.goldschmid-aneroide.com/firmengeschichte/jakob-goldschmid/diastimeter/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Swellengear, post: 10157870, member: 89467"]I have news! So unfortunately the guys at Oxford were not able to assist, however they suggested their email based forum, which has many members worldwide. So that is what I did. Within a few hours a Dr. Alexi Baker of the Yale Peabody Museum got in touch, and seems to have identified the scope as an antique Diastimeter, most likely manufactured by the Elliott Bros of London in the 1800s. [IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/JhSSvq1G/Diastimeter.jpg[/IMG] Below is the link the site, it is in German, but Google translate will help. [URL]https://www.goldschmid-aneroide.com/firmengeschichte/jakob-goldschmid/diastimeter/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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