Collection

Optical range-finder, British, 1902-1904

Made:
1900 in Glasgow
maker:
Barr and Stroud

Barr and Stroud range-finder, 4ft 6ins base, used aboard ship on Antarctic Expeditions, 1902-1904 and 1910-1913

Details

Category:
Surveying
Object Number:
1914-179
type:
parallax range-finder
credit:
Pilkington P.E. Limited; Barr and Stroud Limited

Parts

Part of optical range-finder, British, 1902-1904

Part of optical range-finder, British, 1902-1904

Part of Barr and Stroud rangefinder, 4ft 6ins base, used aboard ship on Antarctic Expeditions, 1902-1904 and 1910-1913

Measurements:
overall: 252 mm x 1822 mm x 258 mm,
Object Number:
1914-179 Pt1
type:
instrument component and parallax range-finder
Part of optical range-finder, British, 1902-1904

Part of optical range-finder, British, 1902-1904

Part of Barr and Stroud rangefinder, 4ft 6ins base, used aboard ship on Antarctic Expeditions, 1902-1904 and 1910-1913

Object Number:
1914-179 Pt2
type:
instrument component and parallax range-finder
Part of optical range-finder, British, 1900

Part of optical range-finder, British, 1900

Wooden stopper, lens cap for Barr and Stroud rangefinder, 1900

Object Number:
1914-179 Pt3
type:
instrument component and parallax range-finder
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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