Antique Buff & Berger Engineers DUMPY Level in Wooded Case & Book for Sale

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Antique Buff & Berger Engineers DUMPY Level in Wooded Case & Book For Sale

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Antique Buff & Berger Engineers DUMPY Level in Wooded Case & Book:
$150.00

Antique Buff & Berger Dumpy Level in very nice condition. We acquired this years ago from a man who collected and sold antique tools and equipment. Includes the M-WTCA reprint of the Buff & Berger Book. Page 33 starts the Dumpy Level info on how to use. The following is his words from his website:
This older dumpy level is marked “Buff & Berger / Boston” on its level rule on one side and with the serial number 1604 on the other. This corresponds, I believe, to a manufacturing date in the year 1890. The instrument is housed in what appears to be its original dovetailed mahogany case, sans the carrying strap. The telescope length is 17 ¼ inches. The level bubble is larger than normal, and needs a fluid addition. The optics are clear and sharp although some dirt of the lenses should be cleaned. I cannot see stadia, if the instrument had them (stadia are listed as an “extra” for this instrument in the 1897 Buff & Berger catalogue. The instrument is finished with Buff & Berger’s “Cloth Finish” and the uncoated brass surfaces have not been polished. The instrument comes with its lens cover, sun shade, and multi-tool consisting of a screw driver spanner wrench and hex nut wrench. There is a faded label on the inside cover of the box that is headed as “L. Berger & Sons / successors to Buff & Berger.” This level may have been in stock until after the break up of Buff & Berger about 1898, or the label could have been added later during a factory reconditioning. It is a collectible instrument. Good+
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