Items tagged geodetic surveys in MV Collections
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Artificial Horizon - Surveyor-General's Office, Victoria
Artifical horizon used at Melbourne Observatory, and also in Geodetic Survey of Victoria. The artificial horizon was used, especially in field observations, to establish the elevation ...
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Theodolite - Ertel, 10 Inch
Theodolite, 10 inch circle, by Ertel & Sohn, Munich. Horizontal circle graduated to 5 minutes and vertical circle to 10 minutes. This instrument was used for the Geodetic Survey of Vic ...
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Altitude & Azimuth Instrument - Troughton & Simms, London, 18 Inch, circa 1836
Altitude and azimuth instrument, or altazimuth, 18 inch circle, made by Troughton & Simms, London, circa 1836. This instrument was used for the Geodetic Survey of Victoria, 1858-71, whi ...
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Measuring Rods - 10 Foot, Geodetic Survey of Victoria, 1860
Three iron measuring rods used in the Geodetic Survey of Victoria in the 1860s. The measuring rods were used to measure accurately a base line of approximately 5 miles near Werribee. Di ...
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Transit Telescope - Portable, 3.25-inch, Troughton & Simms, London, circa 1850
Portable transit telescope, 3.25 inch aperture, 42 inch focus, made by Troughton & Simms, London, circa 1850. This instrument was transferred from the Victorian Survey Department to Wi ...
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Altitude & Azimuth Instrument - Troughton & Simms, 12 Inch, circa 1836
Altitude & azimuth instrument, 12 inch circle, made by Troughton & Simms, London, circa 1836 This instrument was used for the Geodetic Survey of Victoria, 1858-71, which established th ...
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Artificial Horizon - Troughton & Simms, London, circa 1850s
Artificial horizon, made by Troughton & Simms, London. Used at both Williamstown Observatory and Melbourne Observatory, and for Geodetic Survey of Victoria. The artificial horizon was ...
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Photograph - Survey Tower, possibly Mount Macedon, Victoria, circa 1900
Survey tower erected for the Geodetic Survey of Victoria. This is possibly the tower on Mount Macedon. A sketch of the tower at Mount Macedon by Samuel Calvert is printed in Illustrate ...
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