Image
Category
Collection
Maker
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Transit theodolite, German, 1901-1930

1901-1930

Surveyor's transit theodolite.

1876

Transit theodolite, British, 1816-1850

1816-1850

Theodolite with case

Ten second Kern DKM1 transit theodolite

1971

Side-telescope transit theodolite, British, 1890-1900

1890-1900

Spirit level with case

circa 1950

Microptic transit theodolite, 1954

1950-1954

Portable transit theodolite, British, with case and accessories

1823-1841

Mining transit theodolite, 3 inch, by F.W. Breithaupt & Son, Kassel, Hesse, Germany, 1850-1876

Mining transit theodolite, German, 1850-1876

1850-1876

Mining transit theodolite, 4-inch, with detachable side telescope in two boxes, by F.W. Breithaupt & Sohn, Kassel, Germany, 1910-1915

Mining transit theodolite, 1910-1915

1910-1915

Transit theodolite, 6-inch, with magnetic compass, by Troughton & Simms, Fleet Street, London, England, 1826-1850

Transit theodolite, British, 1826-1850

1826-1850

Transit theodolite, made by John Benjamin Dancer; blackend brass, on a mounting bracket with four level adjusting thumb screws. Compass dial on rotating platform, which is also inscribed 'Presented by the Waterworks Committee fo the Manchester Corporation 1900'.

Transit Theodolite

1870-1880

Sokkisha Model DT20E theodolite with tripod, made by Sokkia Ltd, c.1990.

Sokkisha Model DT20E theodolite with tripod

circa 1990

5-inch Hoskold type mining transit theodolite with stand by John Davis & Son, Derby, England, 1871-1900.

Mining transit theodolite, 1871-1900

1871-1900

Transit theodolite, 7-inch, by Elliott Brothers, 30 Strand, London, England, 1876-1900. Used on the 1901 British Antarctic Expedition, fitted with leather covers on knobs and exposed metal fittings. Originally property of the Hydrographic Office, British Admiralty.

Transit Theodolite, British Antarctic Expedition, 1901

1876-1900

Mining transit theodolite, 4.5-inch, by Troughton & Simms, London, England, 1901-1915

Mining transit theodolite, 4.5-inch, Troughton & Simms, with fitted box and tripod

1901-1915

Engineer's transit theodolite, 6.5-inch, by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, NY, United States, 1911-1920. Fitted with Burt type solar attachment and accessories.

Transit theodolite, American, 1911-1920

1911-1920

Transit theodolite, 3 inch, by L. Casella, Holborn, London, England, 1892

Transit theodolite, British, 1892

1892

Transit theodolite, 5-inch, by Thomas Charles Robinson, London, England, 1835-45. Fitted with striding spirit level, extra eyepiece and plumb bob.

Transit theodolite, British, 1835-1845

1835-1845

Transit theolodite and case, made by A. G. Thornton Ltd, Manchester.

Transit Theodolite

1915-1925

Micrometer transit theodolite (sectioned), 3.5-inch, in clear plastic display case, and storage box by E. R. Watts & Son, London, England, 1926.

Sectioned micrometer transit theodolite, 1926

1926

Cased Wild T2 gyrotheodolite no.320852, with MW77 - Gyromat serial no.110, dated 1959. One of the two instruments used by the British surveyors of the time of the Channel Tunnel.

Channel Tunnel theodolite, Swiss, 1959

1959