SCIENTIFIC AND MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS

UNSW Surveying Instrument Collection


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
QUADRANT 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

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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