Description:
- Object ID: ALSA 2008.09.03
- Made by: AGA, Sweden
- Model: 116
- Serial Number: Unknown
- Date Made: The Model 116 was first marketed in 1979
- Approximate size: Unknown
- Accessories: Mount for atraching to the top of a transit, two 12 Volt Ni-CAD batteries, battery cable, small wall charger,manual, atmospheric correcti scale,small box marked “fuse”, a small orange plastic tool kit case containing 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:
The Model 116 was designed for the construction market. It had instantaneous read-out of horizontal distances, differences in height and slope distances.
This geodimeter was purchased by the Alberta Land Surveyors’ Association and used by Bill Wolley-Dod, ALS #175, Inspector of Surveys, and his assistant, technologist Paul Methuen, in the late 1980s and early 1990s for survey inspection work.
Source of Object: Donated by Don George, ALS.
Notes: The Society has only one Model 116 in its collection.
References: Visit article Measuring by Speed of Light – The Geodimeter and R. Smith “The History of Geodimeter, 1947-1997, http://www.geotronics.it/public/geodimeter_story.pdf for additional information.
Description by: Ed Titanich, October 4, 2024.