Optical range-finder

Optical range-finder, arranged for gallery demonstration, c.1940s

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Category:: Surveying

Object Number:: 1990-44

type:: optical range-finder

credit:: Pilkington P.E. Limited; Barr and Stroud Limited

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Optical range-finder

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