THE COLLECTION

UNSW Surveying Instrument Collection (June 2015)


    SELECT an instrument category from the following table:

CATEGORY

EXAMPLE

DESCRIPTION

Scientific & Mathematical Instruments

Trough Compass

Includes instruments such as compasses, chronometers, chronographs, steel tapes, planimeters, inclinometers, sextants, alidades, plane tables, echo sounders, mechanical and electronic calculators, metric cameras, lettering sets, rangefinders

Theodolites

Vernier theodolite

Includes (optical) theodolites with metal and glass circles, photo-theodolites, gyro-theodolites and electronic theodolites (with electro-optical reading of circles)

Levelling Instruments

 Tilting level

Includes tilting levels, engineering levels, geodetic levels, automatic levels and so-called precision levels

EDM Instruments

Geodimeter

Includes Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM) instruments and electronic tacheometers ('total stations'), including early instruments such as the Geodimeter and the Tellurometer

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