SCIENTIFIC AND MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS

UNSW Surveying Instrument Collection (July 2015)


The instruments listed below are uniquely identified by their respective catalogue numbers

Just click on the instrument of interest:


Name of instrument Maker Catalogue number
TROUGH COMPASS  A. Tornaghi 0101
HEIGHT GAUGE Chesterman 0102
ARTIFICIAL HORIZON Troughton & Simms 0103
SURVEYOR'S COMPASS UNKNOWN 0104
NAUTICAL SEXTANT UNKNOWN 0105
CLINOMETER ? UNKNOWN 0106
BOX SEXTANT UNKNOWN 0107
POCKET DRAWING COMPASS UNKNOWN 0108
STATION POINTER H. Hughes & Sons Ltd. 0109
HEIGHT GAUGE Grey & Rushton 0110
RANGEFINDER  Wild 0111
INDIAN INCLINOMETER J. W. Handley 0112
ALTIMETER Wallace & Tiernan 0113
TIME RECORDER Omega Watches 0114
PLANISPHERE CHART UNKNOWN 0115
CHRONOSCOPE Lab-Tronics 0116
CHRONOMETER Thomas Mercer Ltd. 0117
CHRONOMETER Thomas Mercer Ltd. 0118
CONVERTER FOR TIME SIGNAL RECEIVER UNKNOWN 0119
SIGNAL TRANSMITTER UNKNOWN 0120
CHRONOGRAPH FAVAG 0121
MICROMETER STATION POINTER Tamaya & Co. 0122
MICROMETER STATION POINTER Tamaya & Co. 0123
TROUGH COMPASS A. Tornaghi 0124
CALCULATING MACHINE Facit AB 0125
CALCULATING MACHINE Brunsviga, Grimme Natalis & Co 0126
CALCULATING MACHINE Facit AB 0127
FULL CIRCLE COMPASS A. Tornaghi 0128
PLANISPHERE CHART UNKNOWN 0129
EIDOGRAPH Troughton & Simms 0130
FULL CIRCLE COMPASS A. Tornaghi 0131
NAUTICAL SEXTANT Sextant Marine 0132
*  PRISMATIC COMPASS E. R. Watts & Son 0133
SERVICE COMPASS Hilger & Watts Ltd. 0134
LIQUID COMPASS UNKNOWN 0135
DECLINATORY INSTRUMENT Fennel 0136
SOUNDING SEXTANT Kelvin & Hughes Ltd. 0137
CALCULATING MACHINE Facit AB 0138
INTEGRATOR Stanley 0139
OPTICAL SQUARE Precision Instrument Co. 0140
STEEL TAPE Chesterman 0141
STEEL TAPE Chesterman 0142
STADIA COMPUTER J.Y.C. Richmond 0143
LINEN TAPE John Rabone & Sons 0144
GUNTHER'S CHAIN   0145
ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR Canon 0146
LAPTOP PERSONAL COMPUTER Toshiba 0147
POCKET STEREOSCOPE Carl Zeiss 0148
ALIDADE William Ford Stanley (W.F.S.) 0149
EWING STADIALTIMETER Esdaile & Sons 0150
TELESCOPIC ALIDADE Hilger & Watts Ltd 0151
MICROPTIC ALIDADEE E. R. Watts & Son 0152
PLANE TABLE UNKNOWN 0153
ECHO SOUNDER Raytheon Marine 0154
RANGEFINDER Wild, Heerbrugg 0155
METRIC CAMERA Rollei Fototechnik 0156
ARTIFICIAL HORIZON UNKNOWN 0157
ALIDADE Esdaile 0158
ABNEY LEVEL Sokkisha 0159
ABNEY LEVEL WRP 0160
LETTERING SET (LEROY II) Keuffel & Esser (K & E) 0161
WHIRLING PSYCHROMETER Casella, London 0162
DIGITAL PLANIMETER Tamaha, Tokyo 0163
POLAR PLANIMETER Allbrit 0164
MASTER GRID TEM PLATE Haag & Streit, Berne 0165
ABNEY LEVEL Stanley, London 0166
ABNEY LEVEL Stanley, London 0167
ANEROID BAROMETER Mechanism, Croydon 0168
ANEROID BAROMETER Thommen, Switzerland 0169
PRECISION ANEROID BAROMETER Thommen, Switzerland 0170
MARINE GPS RECEIVER Trimble Navigation, U.S.A. 0171
STEREO MICROMETER Wild Heerbrugg, Switzerland 0172
MIRROR STEREOSCOPE Esdaile & Sons, Sydney, Australia 0173
MIRROR STEREOSCOPE Topcon, Japan 0174
DRAFTING SET R. Reiss, Liebenwerda, Germany 0175
DOUBLE PENTAPRISM Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany 0176
DOUBLE PENTAPRISM WildHeerbrugg, Switzerland 0177
DOUBLE PENTAPRISM Sokkisha, Tokyo, Japan 0178
CURTA HANDHELD CALCULATING MACHINE Cortina Ltd, Mauren, Lichtenstein 0179
DOUBLE PENTAPRISM Stanley, London, England 0180
SINGLE PENTAPRISM Precision Instrument Co., Sydney 0181
DOUBLE PENTAPRISM Hilger & Watts Ltd, London, England 0182

This instrument has been stolen from the collection during the relocation of the School of Geomatic Engineering in July 2000. Please inform the School and the NSW Police if you come across any instruments marked with an asterisk. 

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