LINKS AND REFERENCES
UNSW Surveying Instrument Collection (June 2015)
Home Page of the University of New South Wales
Home Page of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW
Home Page of Surveying and Geospatial Engineering at UNSW
The following addresses are links to virtual museums and relevant websites containing information on historical surveying instruments:
The Lady Denman Heritage Complex
Dent Street,
Huskisson
NSW 2540, Australia
Tel: (+61 2) 9351 2274
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Macleay Museum
Gosper Lane off Science Road,
University
of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Tel: (+61 2) 9351 2274
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections/macleay.shtml
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Virtual Museum of Surveying (Surveyors Historical Society)
http://www.surveyhistory.org/how_old_is_my_instrument.htm
http://www.surveyhistory.org/intro_to_antique_surveying_instruments.htm
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Instruments of Science and Technology
http://www.antiques-sci-tech.com/
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Calculating Machines
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Maison du Géomètre
7, Avenue du Birmingham,
69004
Lyon, France
Tel: 04 78290052
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Society for the History of Geodesy in Switzerland
http://www.history-of-geodesy.ch
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Study Collection of Kern & Co, Aarau, Switzerland
http://www.kern.history-of-geodesy.ch/default.aspx?navid=134
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Kern & Co Museum at:
Stadtmuseum Aarau
Im Schlössli
Schlossplatz 23, CH-5000 Aarau, Switzerland
Tel: +41 62 836 05 17
http://www.museumaarau.ch/index.php?id=12
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Virtual Archive of Wild Heerbrugg
by J. Dedual
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/dedual/wild_heerbrugg/
http://www.wild-heerbrugg.com/
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Scientific Instrument Collection
http://website.lineone.net/~bsneesby/index.html
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Museum of the History of Science
Oxford University
Old Ashmolean Building
Broad Street, Oxford, England
Tel: (08 65) 27 72 80
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Institution of Civil Engineers Museum Scotland
C/- School of the Built Environment
Heriot-Watt University
EDINBURGH
EH14 4AS
Tel: 0131 451 4422/4644
http://web.sbe.hw.ac.uk/ICE_Museum/collection.htm/
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Canada Science and Technology Museum
1867 St. Laurent Blvd.
Ottawa, ON K1G 5A3, Canada
Tel: 613-991-3044 (Country code 01)
http://www.sciencetech.technimuses.ca/
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Deutsches Museum
Museumsinsel 1
D-80538 München, Germany
Tel: (0 89) 2 17 91
http://www.deutsches-museum.de/e_index.htm
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Museum of Scientific Instruments
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5S 1A1
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/utmusi/
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Science Museum
Exhibition Road, South Kensington,
London, England
Tel: (01) 9 38 80 00
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
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MuseumLink's Collection of Virtual Museums
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Förderkreis Vermessungstechnisches Museum e.V.
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund
Hansastrasse 3 (P.O. Box 10 12 33)
D-44012 Dortmund, Germany
http://www.vermessungsgeschichte.de/
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National Technical Museum
Prague
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The National Museum of Science & Industry
London
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The Whipple Museum of the History of Science
Cambridge, U.K.
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International Institution for the History of Surveying and Measurement
http://www.fig.net/hsm/index.htm/
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Hewlett-Packard Archive (for catalogues, journals, links)
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Auctioneers of Fine Art, Antiques and Sculpture
Willoughby, Ohio, USA
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Antique Surveying Instruments at 'oobject' (blog/directory)
http://www.oobject.com/category/antique-surveying-instruments/
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Surveying Antiques (Buying&Selling, Instruments, Catalogues & Manuals)
http://www.surveyantiques.com/instrument_history_gallery.htm
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The History of Surveying (Queensland Dept of Environmant and Resources)
http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/museum/articles_complete/surveying/index.html#tools
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Smithsonian National Museum of American History: Surveying & Geodesy
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/surveying/type.cfm
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Land Survey Photo Gallery
http://www.landsurveyor.us/gallery_a1.htm
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Council of Australian University Museums and Collections (CAUMAC)
http://www.museumsaustralia.org.au/site/page65.php
http://www.dest.gov.au/archive/highered/hereview/submissions/submissions/c/caumac.html
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Historic Scientific Instruments: A Guide to Resources (by J. Holland)
hhttp://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/JHSciInstGuide.htm#Guide
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Scientific Instrument Collections in Australian Universities (by J. Holland)
http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/JHUniInstColl.htm
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Postal Addresses of Other Museums:
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métier
Rue St.-Martin, Paris
Tel: (1) 42 71 24 14
Some Books on Historical Instruments:
Bennett, J. A. (1987) 'The Divide Circle - A History of Instruments for Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying'. Phaidon-Christie's Limited, Oxford, England
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Kiely, Edmond (1947) 'Surveying Instruments, their H istory and Classroom Use'. Bureau of Publications, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, USA
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Minow, Helmut (1990) 'Historical Surveying Instruments - List of Collections in Europe'. 2nd edition, Verlag Chmielorz, Wiesbaden, Germany
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Richeson, A. W. (1966) 'English Land Measuring to 1800: Instruments and Practice'.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
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Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AV-CC). (1996) 'Cinderalla Collections
– University Museums and Collections in Australia'. Report of the University
Museums Review Committee, ISBN 1 86408 046 9 (available from the Australian
Vice-Chancellors' Committee, GPO Box 1142, Canberra ACT 2061, Australia, x+225
pages.
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