Accession No

3366

Brief Description

water level, by Henri Morin, French, 1890 (c)

Origin

France; Paris; 11 rue Dulong

Maker

Morin, Henri

Class

engineering

Earliest Date

1890

Latest Date

1890

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

level: height of each part 297mm; breadth 130mm; base diameter 95mm box length 360mm; breadth 177mm; height 146mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Peter Delehar, London, England, 1985.

Inscription

‘Niveau d’eau de précision H, Morin
11, rue Dulong, Paris’ (along brass mount)

Description Notes

French water level with 2 free-standing glass tubes on brass mounts connected by a flexible tube. Not intended as a surveying instrument. Differences in level can be taken from vertical rods, with scales read by vernier to 0.1mm.

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