Cloud altitude measuring device, portable alidade, 1925-1945

Made:: 1925-1945 in England

maker:: L N P Manufacturing Company Limited

Portable alidade Mark I, British, cloud measuring device, by L

This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

Portable alidade Mark I, British, cloud measuring device, by L
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Portable alidade Mark I, British, cloud measuring device, by L.N.P. Manufacturing Co. Ltd., England, 1925-1945. Used at Croydon Airfield by the Meteorological Office.

Details

Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1995-808

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), nickel plated, paint and oak (wood)

Measurements:: overall: 65 mm x 255 mm x 270 mm, .375kg

type:: alidade - surveying

credit:: Meteorological Office, Berkshire

Cite this page

Rights

We encourage the use and reuse of our collection data.

Data in the title, made, maker and details fields are released under Creative Commons Zero . Descriptions and all other text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence

Using our data

Download

Download catalogue entry as json

Download manifest IIIF

Our records are constantly being enhanced and improved, but please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information shown on this website.