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Subject Surveying Equipment

1. C.44.h.5, 2(519)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.44.h.5, 2(519)
Title:
Electro-magnetic apparatus and theodolite. Froment [at the Great Exhibition, London]. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the two items, on display at the Great Exhibition.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

2. Mss Eur F182/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F182/1(30)
Title:
[Young army officers studying.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Informal portrait of three young men, in civilian clothes, seated on a verandah reading. On the table in front are papers, a bottle and glasses, etc. On the left stands a plane table and alidade. Print 31 is a similar view, taken on the same occasion. Location uniden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

3. Mss Eur F182/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F182/1(31)
Title:
[Young army officers studying.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Informal portrait of three young men, in civilian clothes, seated on a verandah reading. On the table in front are papers, a bottle and glasses, etc. On the left stands a plane table and alidade. Print 30 is a similar view, taken on the same occasion. Location uniden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

4. Mss Eur F182/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F182/1(34)
Title:
[Surveyor using a plane table.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Infomral portrait of a European manusing a plane table and alidade, with an Indian servant standing beside him, shading him with an umbrella.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur F223/110(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F223/110(29)
Title:
Intelligence class, Kaghan. Photographer: Muspratt, Sydney Frederick
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto native survey officers with plane tables on a wooded hillside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906-1907
Extent:
1 item

6. Or 11133

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11133
Title:
[Ottoman Turkish treatise on surveying]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a short untitled treatise written on surveying for Grand Vezir Ahmet Paşa in 1154 AH (1741-42 CE). The work does not bear the name of its author. It focuses largely on the use of a sextant or theodolite. The text contains diagrams on ff 3r-v, 4v, and 5r, and one unvan with...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 text, 7 ff

7. Photo 139/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 139/1(2)
Title:
[Group of Trigonometrical Survey of India staff.] Photographer: Glynn, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait group posed with theodolite. The four figures in the group are (left to right): Thomas George Montgomerie (1830-1878), Trigonometrical Survey from 1852; Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (1810-1878), Trigonometrical Survey from 1832, Surveyor-General of India 1843-61; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 392/27(420)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 392/27(420)
Title:
Pan. K. from [control point] C. above Zailik. III. (N.W.). Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Section of panoramic view comprising prints 418-426, looking towards snow-covered peaks, with plane table and alidade standing on a tripod in the foreground. Subjects = archaeological expeditions; exploration; mountain scenery; panoramas; Stein Collection Locati...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1908
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 392/27(433)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 392/27(433)
Title:
Pan. L. from [Trig. Point] D. Zailik. IV. (W.N.W.). Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Section of the panoramic view, comprising prints 430-438, looking towards mountain ranges, with Stein's Indian assistant standing beside a theodolite mounted on a tripod in the foreground. Subjects = archaeological expeditions; exploration; mountain scenery; panor...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1908
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 392/27(434)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 392/27(434)
Title:
Pan. L. from [control point] D. Zailik. V. (N.). Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Section of panoramic view comprising prints 430-438, looking towards mountain ranges, with plane table and alidade standing on a tripod in the foreground. Subjects = archaeological expeditions; exploration; mountain scenery; panoramas; Stein Collection Location ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1908
Extent:
1 item