Accession No

2175

Brief Description

air survey camera, Tessar patent, by Williamson Kinematograph Company Ltd. / Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Ltd. / Ross, English, c. 1940

Origin

England; London

Maker

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Ltd. Williamson Kinematograph Company Ltd. Ross

Class

optical; surveying

Earliest Date

1940

Latest Date

1940

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, other)

Dimensions

breadth 425mm; depth 280mm; height 253mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 05/1969. Geography Department; Cambridge; No. G. 26.

Inscription

‘MADE BY
THE HOUGHTON-BUTCHER MFG. CO. LTD.
LONDON’
‘ROSS LONDON (MILL HILL) 6IN. 1:4.3
TESSAR PATENT No. 38419’ (on lens mount)

Description Notes

Air survey camera, by the Williamson Kinematograph Co. Ltd. / Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co Ltd. / Ross, c. 1940, English.

Grey-painted metal casing with brass fittings, embossed with “the Williamson Kinematograph Co. Ltd. Patent App For”. Two plate holders, inscribed “Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co Ltd.” one housed in extension at side of camera. Lens of Camera is by Ross.

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