Theodolite

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Description:

This 8–inch theodolite was "especially adapted for triangulation." The "FAUTH & CO. WASHN D.C. No 1993" inscription indicates that it was made between 1887, when Saegmuller began putting serial numbers on Fauth instruments, and 1905, when Fauth & Co. went out of business. The edge of the horizontal circle is beveled, graduated, and read by opposite micrometer microscopes to single seconds. It belonged to the University of Missouri at Columbia. New, it cost $450.

Ref: George N. Saegmuller, Descriptive Price–List of First–Class Engineering & Astronomical Instruments (Washington, D.C., 1892), p. 50.

Maker: Fauth & Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: District of Columbia, Washington

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Related Publication: Saegmuller, George N.. Descriptive Price-List of First-Class Engineering & Astronomical Instruments

Credit Line: University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Civil Engineering

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.333630Catalog Number: 333630Accession Number: 300659

Object Name: theodolite (geodetic)

Measurements: overall: 13 1/2 in; 34.29 cmhorizontal circle: 8 in; 20.32 cmtelescope: 18 in; 45.72 cmstriding level: 6 in; 15.24 cmoverall in case: 16 1/4 in x 17 1/4 in x 15 in; 41.275 cm x 43.815 cm x 38.1 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-b93a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_758773

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