EDM, Geodimeter, Model 116

EDM, Geodimeter, Model 116
EDM, Geodimeter, Model 116
EDM, Geodimeter, Model 116

Description:

  • Object ID: ALSA 2008.09.03
  • Made by: AGA (Aktiebolaget Gasaccumulator) company of Sweden.
  • Model: 116
  • Serial Number: Unknown
  • Date Made: circa 1980s.
  • Approximate size:
  • Accessories: Comes with: top mount EDM, battery cable, small wall charger, two 12 Volt Ni-CAD batteries, manual, atmospheric scale correction device, one small box marked “fuse”, and a small tool kit, in orange plastic case (two Allen wrenches, one small screwdriver and one hex driver).
    Also included is a envelope containing various correspondence and bills referring to the EDM..
  • Condition: good

Commentary:

Geodimeter Model 116. It was first marketed in 1979. The Model 116 was designed for the construction market with instantaneous read-out of horizontal distance, difference in height and slope distance. 

Source of Object: Donated by Don George, ALS.

Notes: Includes two batteries, a psychrometer in an orange case, a wall charger, adjusting tools, a circular scale used to obtain the refractive index, and the operating manual. It was purchased by the ALSA and used by Bill Wolley-Dod, ALS #175, ALSA Inspector of Surveys, and his assistant, technologist Paul Methuen, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

References: Visit article Measuring by Speed of Light – The Geodimeter for additional information.

Description by: Entered by Ed Titanich, October 4, 2024.