Category Archives: Survey Artifact Collection

Calculator Manual, Odhner

Serial No. 39-289679, Desk top mechanical calculator that belonged to Ted Rippon, ALS. It is...

EDM, Geodimeter, Model 6

Serial 6571. This instrument is 21" high, 14" wide, 8.5" deep (with scope in vertical...

EDM, K & E, Ranger 5

Serial No. 07B5012. Made in U.S.A by Laser Systems & Electronics, Inc. An Affiliate of...

Chains

There are a number of different chains including Gunters and an Engineering chain.

Clinometers

The clinometer, also called an inclinometer (or in surveying, an Abney level) is part of...

Chain, Gunter’s

The Gunter’s Chain, designed in England by Edward Gunter in 1620. It was one chain...

Compasses

A compass is, in navigation or surveying, the primary device for direction-finding on the surface...

Computers, Desk

In the early 1970s the introduction of competing products such as the Hewlett-Packard 9100 ended...

Computers, Pocket

In the early 1970s, “handheld” or “pocket” calculators and computers were introduced. They were small...

EDM – Electronic Distance Measuring Devices

The introduction of electronic distance measuring (EDM) in the late 1950s was the start of...