Surveying instrument that measures azimuth and elevation between points

Mont Blanc: a flat boulder raised on a pinnacle of ice. Colour lithograph by Louis Haghe after J.D. Forbes.

Surveying: a theodolite made by Jesse Ramsden. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1819, after J. Farey.

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Theodolites

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Images referencing Theodolites

Works from the collections

Mont Blanc: a flat boulder raised on a pinnacle of ice. Colour lithograph by Louis Haghe after J.D. Forbes.

Surveying: a theodolite made by Jesse Ramsden. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1819, after J. Farey.