Accession No

2174

Brief Description

surveying camera, by C. Baker and Carl Zeiss, English and German, 1920 (c)

Origin

England; London and Germany; Jena

Maker

C. Baker Carl Zeiss [lens]

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1920

Latest Date

1920

Inscription Date

Material

metal (alloy); glass; wood

Dimensions

box length 249mm; breadth 177mm; height 148mm instrument height 155mm; breadth 144mm; length; 120mm

Special Collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘BAKER LONDON’
‘Carl Zeiss Jena Nr 661473’ (on lens)

Description Notes

Metal alloy camera. Open back with 7 plates. Compass with vertical scale within box graduated 0-360-1 photographed with image. Bubble on top of box. Zeiss lens on sliding plate with graduations f 1.8 - 45. Mounted on tribach limbs with clamp. Fitted wooden box with spare plates.

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