1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class X.: William Ross
342. Ross, WILLIAM, Strathsteven, Golspie, Sutherland - Inventor.
Graduator. An instrument for the approximate determination of the heights and distances of objects, in miles, chains, yards, or feet, as found by reference to tables adapted for its use; it also shows the time of day by the sun in any part of the globe.