- Subject
- Surveying
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Troughton & Simms
- Provenance
- Transferred from the Department of Earth Sciences. Used in the Department of Surveying & Geodesy. Transfer per Dr. J. G. Olliver.
- Primary inscriptions
- "Troughton & Simms / London" engraved on base stand.
- Object type
- Theodolite
- Dimensions
- Height: 715mm Width: 508mm Depth: 508mm Weight: 44kg
- Inventory No
- 90687
- Accession Number
- 1986-15
Description
A wooden case with two metal handles containing a transit theodolite. The theodolite is mounted on a circular base and a horizontal axle. it has two spirit levels and the body tube is mounted between two wheels.
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