This particular version of the T2 is already equipped with wiring for artificial illumination, a feature that was not yet standard at the time. This,the long-range model of the series, measures up to 10km. Most probably it would have been for this reason that people took it off, after which it got lost. overfifty years the Wild T2 beenat the top of its class. Tests with the T2 showed that it is fully functional without it and that the micrometer is even better illuminated than the circles. It probably got lost as the reflector was made of sandblasted glass which not only acts as a diffuser, but even reduced the amount of light available. The T2 been inspected and calibrated by our own in-house service department. Finally the micrometer is illuminated directly and has a rotatable glass reflector, which sadly enough is missing on this T2 (see figure 3). It comes complete with the original laydown plastic case (moderate scuffing), carrying handle, sunshade, and a photocopy of the owners manual. The horizontal circle is illuminated by a prism at the base were later T2s would have a mirror (see figure 7). The vertical circle is illuminated by two distinctive prisms on two sides of the telescope (see figure 6), that are typical of this archetype T2. This T2 has sexagesimal circles divided in degrees down to 20 arc minutes intervals (see figure 12 and figure 13), can be read using a micrometer directly to 1" and estimated to about 0.1".
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