Items tagged surveying apparatus instruments in MV Collections
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Compass - Liquid Prismatic, Carl Bamberg
Liquid Primastic compass made by Carl Bamberg, Berlin, No. 1429, and used at Melbourne Observatory.
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Telescope & Striding Level - Theodolite, Troughton & Simms, 10 Inch
Telescope and striding level of 10 inch theodolite made by Troughton & Simms, London. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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Stand & Horizontal Circle - Theodolite, Troughton & Simms, 10 Inch
Stand and horizontal circle of 10 inch theodolite made by Troughton & Simms, London. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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Compass Needle
Compass needle mounted in a cedar case with glass & sliding lid. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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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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Theodolite - Troughton & Simms, 10 Inch
10 inch theodolite made by Troughton & Simms, London. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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Sextant - Potter, London, circa 1853
Sextant by J. D. Potter, London, in wooden case. This is probably the sextant that was in use at Williamstown Observatory from February 1854. The Victorian Government had ordered a nu ...
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Wye Level - Troughton & Simms
Wye level, by Troughton & Simms, London. Telescope has a rack-focussing objective of 1.5 inch aperture. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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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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Stand & Horizontal Circle - Theodolite, Troughton & Simms, 10 Inch
Stand and horizontal circle for 10 inch theodolite, made by Troughton & Simms, London. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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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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Sextant - Troughton, London, circa 1820
Pillar frame sextant, with platinum scale, no 940, Troughton, London, circa 1820. In wooden case. Used at Melbourne Observatory. A sextant measures the elevation of objects above the h ...
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Box - Theodolite, Troughton & Simms, 10 Inch
Box for stand and horizontal circle of 10 inch theodolite made by Troughton & Simms, London. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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Box - Theodolite, Troughton & Simms, 10 Inch
Box for telescope and striding level of 10 inch theodolite made by Troughton & Simms, London. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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Telescope & Striding Level - Theodolite, Troughton & Simms, 10 Inch
Telescope and striding level for 10 inch theodolite, made by Troughton & Simms, London. Vertical arcs of approx 45 degrees. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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Box - Theodolite, Troughton & Simms, 10 Inch
Box for stand and horizontal circle of 10 inch theodolite, made by Troughton & Simms, London. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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Box - Theodolite, Troughton & Simms, 10 Inch
Box for telescope and striding level of 10 inch theodolite, made by Troughton & Simms, London. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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Theodolite - Troughton & Simms, 10 Inch Circle
10 inch theodolite, made by Troughton & Simms, London. Vertical arcs of approx 45 degrees. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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Theodolite - Ertel, 13-inch x 9-inch, Ertel & Sohn, Munich, Germany, 1850s
Theodolite, 13 inch horizontal circle and 9 inch vertical circle, by Ertel & Sohn, Munich. Horizontal circle is graduated to 5 minutes and vertical circle to 15 minutes. It is likely t ...
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Theodolite - Kern, 8 Inch
8 inch theodolite, for measuring horizontal angles only. Made by T. Kern, Aarau, Switzerland. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
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Sextant - Hoppe, London, circa 1810
Sextant in wooden case, made by Hoppe London, circa 1810. Probably one of the two 'indifferent sextants' used by astronomer Robert Ellery when he established Williamstown Observatiry ...
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Theodolite - Ertel, 7 Inch, 1850s
Theodolite, 7 inch circle, made by Ertel & Sohn, Munich, 1850s. Used at Melbourne Observatory. A theodolite is used in surveying to measure the angle between distant objects as seen fr ...
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Altitude & Azimuth Instrument - Troughton & Simms, 12 Inch
Altitude and azimuth instrument, 12 inch circle, made by Troughton & Simms, London. This instrument was used for the Geodetic Survey of Victoria, 1858-71, which established the primary ...
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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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Hodometer - Wood & Metal, England, circa 1810
Primitive form of wooden hodometer or waysider with a metal wheel set in its framework that also contains a measuring dial. The device was used in surveying to measure distance. Made in ...
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Surveyors Chain - Metal, Eight Inch Links, circa 1840s
Metal surveyor's chain used to measure land distances. A chain is a unit of length where 100 links measures 66 feet.
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Circumferenter - W Watkins, Brass, Bristol, England, circa 1860
Brass miners circumferenter, also known as a surveyor's compass, used in surveying to measure horizontal angles. Dial has scales for horizontal and vertical measurement as well as a thi ...
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Dumpy Level - Brass, circa 1860
Brass dumpy level with 46 centimetre telescope and four footscrews, circa 1860.
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Surveyors Chain & Box, circa 1860
Surveyors chain with links that measure 2.5ft each. It has a total length of approximately 100ft. The chain was used to measure distances. Housed in a wooden box, the chain was possibly ...
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Circumferenter - Miner's Dial, Jordan, London, circa 1830
Miner's dial manufactured by T.B. Jordan in London. A circumferenter is a surveyor's tool used for measuring horizontal angles.
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Wye Theodolite - Ertel & Sohn, Munich, circa 1880
Wye Theodolite made by Ertel & Sohn in Munich, Germany, circa 1880. It was used by Victorian Public Works Department.
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