Surveyor's pocket kit, Swiss, 1831-1870

Made:
1831-1870 in Zurich
Pocket survey kit with combined clinometer-compass

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Pocket survey kit with combined clinometer-compass
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Pocket survey kit with combined clinometer-compass, aneroid barometer, thermometer, protractor and correction table in sleeved leather case. By Gottingen & Co., Zurich, mid 19th century

Details

Category:
Surveying
Object Number:
1995-234
Materials:
case, leather, barometer & compass, brass and barometer & compass, glass
Measurements:
compass: diameter 9 mm
thermometr: length 10 mm
aneroid, overall: width 7 mm
aneroid: diameter 4 mm
case, closed: length 18 mm
case, closed: width 12 mm
case, closed: height 6 mm
type:
clinometer and aneroid barometer
credit:
Christie's South Kensington Limited

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