The term “theodolite” can be traced back to the sixteenth century in Europe. Although there were several variations of it, basically it was an instrument that could measure vertical and horizontal angles. During the first half of the nineteenth century, the term “transit” was popularized in America. The transit was fundamentally a theodolite in which its telescope could be completely rotated 360 degrees in a vertical plane around the horizontal axis. This enabled back-sighting and fore-sighting on opposite sides of the vertical circle and doubling of angles resulting in more accurate line production and measurement of angles.
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Theodolite, Cooke, Troughton & Simms ALSA 2006.19.01
Theodolite, Cooke, Troughton & Simms ALSA 2006.20.01
Theodolite, Cooke, Troughton & Simms ALSA 2006.21.01
Theodolite, Cooke, Troughton & Simms ALSA 2006.26.01
Theodolite, Cooke, Troughton & Simms ALSA 2008.10.18
Theodolite, Cooke, Troughton & Simms ALSA 2016.04.04
Theodolite, Cooke, Troughton & Simms ALSA 2020.01.01
Theodolite, Tavistock
Theodolite, Wild T16
Theodolite, Wild T1
Theodolite, Wild T1A
Theodolite, Wild T2
Theodolite, Wild T3
Theodolite, Wild, T4
Theodolite, Kern, DK2
Theodolite, Geodetic, Kern DKM 3
Theodolite, Kern, DKM 1
Theodolite, Sokkisha, TM20C
Theodolite, Sokkisha, TM6
Theodolite, Wild, T4
Theodolite, Geodetic, Bausch, Lomb, Saegmuller Co.
Theodolite, Geodetic, E.R. Watts & Son
Theodolite, Geodetic, Kern
Theodolite, T. Cooke & Sons Ltd.
Theodolite, E. R. Watts & Son
Theodolite, aus JENA
