Accession No

2763

Brief Description

repair kit for Sopwith surveying / levelling staff, by Holbro, English, c. 1925

Origin

Britain

Maker

Holbro

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1925

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

paper (cardboard, card); glass; chemicals

Dimensions

box length 148mm; breadth 145mm; height 101mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Sedgwick Musuem, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 09/1981.

Inscription

‘HOLBRO
LEVEL
STAFF
REFILLS’ (on box of refills)
‘British Manufacture’ (on box of refills)

Description Notes

Repair kit for Sopwith surveying / levelling staff, by Holbro, English, c. 1925.

Cardboard box containing: bottle of varnish; bottle of concentrated size; bottle in box labelled ‘photo mountant’; box containing 3 paper strips for re-facing a 16 foot Sopwith levelling staff. ‘Instructions for fixing level staff refills’ on side of the box.

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