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Sectioning alidade, with scales, staff, level and cases, 1925-1929

Made:: 1925-1929 in Jena

supplier:: Carl Zeiss (London) Limited

maker:: Carl Zeiss, Jena

Sectioning surveying alidade with levelling staffs, staff, level and cases, serial No.20654 by Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany (supplied by Carl Zeiss (London) Ltd.), 1925-1935

Details

Category:: Surveying

Object Number:: 1929-256

type:: alidade - surveying and levelling staff

credit:: Carl Zeiss (London) Limited

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Parts

Two levelling staffs, left and right

Two levelling staffs, left and right

Levelling Scale with stand, German, 1925-1929

Two levelling staffs, left and right, for sectioning surveying alidade by Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany (supplied by Carl Zeiss (London) Ltd.), 1925-1935

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)

Object Number:: 1929-256 Pt1

type:: instrument component and levelling staff

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Surveying Level, German, 1925-1929

Surveying Level, German, 1925-1929

Level, Model No. IV, for sectioning surveying alidade by Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany (supplied by Carl Zeiss (London) Ltd.), 1925-1935

Object Number:: 1929-256 Pt2

type:: instrument component and surveying level

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Sectioning alidade, German, 1925-1929

Sectioning alidade, German, 1925-1929

Sectioning surveying alidade, serial No.20654 by Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany (supplied by Carl Zeiss (London) Ltd.), 1925-1935

Measurements:: overall: 230 mm x 520 mm x 150 mm, 3.435kg

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) , steel (metal) , glass , silver (metal) , plastic (unidentified) and alcohol

Object Number:: 1929-256 Pt3

type:: alidade - surveying

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Case for Surveyor's level, German, 1925-1929

Case for Surveyor's level, German, 1925-1929

Case for sectioning surveying alidade by Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany (supplied by Carl Zeiss (London) Ltd.), 1925-1935

Measurements:: overall: 75 mm x 285 mm x 115 mm, 1.18kg

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , steel (metal) , leather and paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1929-256 Pt4

type:: instrument component and instrument case

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Tripod case for sectioning alidade, German, 1925-1929

Tripod case for sectioning alidade, German, 1925-1929

Tripod case for sectioning surveying alidade by Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany (supplied by Carl Zeiss (London) Ltd.), 1925-1935

Measurements:: overall: 140 mm x 220 mm x 235 mm, 3.845kg

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , steel (metal) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass , alcohol , paper (fibre product) and leather

Object Number:: 1929-256 Pt5

type:: instrument component , instrument case and tripod - stand

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum