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Eckholdt's Patent Omnimeter, British, 1868-1900

Made:: 1868-1900 in London

inventor:: Elliott Brothers

Eckholdt's Patent Omnimeter, invented 1868, by Elliott Brothers, London, England, 1868-1900

Details

Category:: Surveying

Object Number:: 1900-90

type:: tacheometer

credit:: Dr.W.T. Radford.

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Parts

Part of Eckholdt's Patent Omnimeter, British, 1868-1900

Part of Eckholdt's Patent Omnimeter, British, 1868-1900

Tribrach, part of Eckholdt's Patent Omnimeter, invented 1868, by by Elliott Brothers, London, England, 1868-1900.

Object Number:: 1900-90 Pt1

type:: instrument component and tacheometer

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Case for Eckholdt's Patent Omnimeter, British, 1868-1900

Case for Eckholdt's Patent Omnimeter, British, 1868-1900

Box for Eckholdt's Patent Omnimeter, invented 1868, by by Elliott Brothers, London, England, 1868-1900.

Object Number:: 1900-90 Pt2

type:: instrument component and instrument case

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of Eckholdt's Patent Omnimeter, British, 1868-1900

Part of Eckholdt's Patent Omnimeter, British, 1868-1900

Main part of Eckholdt's Patent Omnimeter with spare eyepiece, invented 1868, by Elliott Brothers, London, England, 1868-1900.

Measurements:: overall: 380 mm x 335 mm x 180 mm, 6.1kg

Materials:: platinum (metal) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass and alcohol

Object Number:: 1900-90 Pt3

type:: instrument component and tacheometer

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum