Accession No

2157

Brief Description

level, by Carl Zeiss, German, 1935 (c)

Origin

Germany; Jena

Maker

Carl Zeiss

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1935

Latest Date

1935

Inscription Date

Material

metal; glass

Dimensions

length 365mm; breadth 130mm; height 188mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 05/1969.

Inscription

‘CARL ZEISS
JENA DRR D1 No 2255’

Description Notes

Metal alloy troughout. Grey finish. Inverting telescope with cross hairs and lens cover. Bubble mounted on telescope. Whole telescope swivels but can lock inplace with bubble vertically over telescope. Bubble has reflector and glass plate on left side and mirror on right side, both of which can be adjusted for sighting bubble (no graduations). Axi clamp. Azimuth motion tangent screw and elevating screw on pillar support, Transverse bubble on base of pillar. 3 foot screws through single plate; cogged screw fastening. Base plate clamps onto foot screws.

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