Really Nice and Rarely Scene Transit with Two Telescopes at Right Angles - Often Called a City Transit

This is a really neat instrument, and rarely seen for sale. I scoured my dad's files and the internet for information regarding this instrument. Nothing. I eventually figured out the the evolution of this instrument by looking at multiple K&E Catalogues. From what I call tell:

K&E offered a two telescope at right angles instrument in 1883 - I believe that K&E was basically reselling an instrument made by Brandis (per Brandis 1881 Catalogue).

In K&E's 1890 Catalogue, K&E is no longer offering two telescope transits.

In K&E's 1900-1901 Catalogue, K&E is offering a second scope. If you look at the pic below (Style C), it looks like the right angle telescope is on a twisted frame transit. But if you read the fine print - the right angle telescope only works on a transit with symmetrical standards. The second telescope option added $55 to the cost of the underlying transit in 1901.

The 1906 K&E Catalogue contains a very small pic of a transit with telescopes at right angles, and the pic looks exactly like the 1903 Transit (serial number 6490) offered here:

On the transit offered here, I believe the base transit is K&E's Railroad transit since the main telescope is 11 inches in length (here is the 1901 K&E Catalogue Description for the Railroad Transit). The transit offered here has the graduated bubble to telescope option, so the base transit price would be $160. The price for the second telescope dropped from $55 in 1901 to $40 in 1906. I don't know what the price was in 1903, when the transit offered here was made.

The 1909 K&E Catalogue features a second-generation of this instrument. Here's the write-up. K&E calls the instrument a "City Transit", gives the instrument its own model designation (5086), and bumps the price up considerably.

This transit offered here is a very nice instrument. Shows well. The glass on one if the verniers is chipped just a bit, and the leather strap for the box is broken.

I can trace the ownership back to NY state in the 1930s.

Price: SOLD