Reference Materials
Links to virtual museums and relevant websites containing information on historical surveying instruments:
The Lady Denman Heritage Complex Dent Street, Huskisson, NSW 2540, Australia |
Scientific Instrument Collection
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Study Collection of Kern & Co, Schlossplatz 23, 5000 Aarau, Switzerland |
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Auctioneers of Fine Art, Antiques Willoughby, Ohio, USA
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Virtual Archive of Wild Heerbrugg http://homepage.swissonline.ch/dedual/wild_heerbrugg/
http://www.wild-heerbrugg.com/
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Maison du Geometres 79, Cours Charlemagne |
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Macleay Museum University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections/macleay.shtml
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Scientific Instrument Collections in Australian Universities |
National Technical Museum Prague
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Instruments of Science and Technology |
Society for the History of Geodesy in Switzerland |
Museum of Scientific Instruments University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada, |
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Science Museum Exhibition Road, South Kensington, |
Förderkreis Vermessungstechnisches Museum e.V. Museum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte |
The Whipple Museum of the History of Science Cambridge, England |
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International Institution for the History of
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Antique Surveying Instruments at 'oobject' (blog/directory) http://www.oobject.com/category/antique-surveying-instruments/ |
Hewlett-Packard Archive |
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The National Museum of Science & Industry London
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Historic Scientific Instruments: A Guide to Resources http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/JHSciInstGuide.htm#Guide |
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metier 60 rue Réaumur - Paris 3rd arrondissement |
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Museum of the History of Science Old Ashmolean Building |
Surveying Antiques (Buying &Selling, Instruments, http://www.surveyantiques.com/instrument_history_gallery.htm |
Canada Science and Technology Museum 1867 St. Laurent Blvd. |
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Land Survey Photo Gallery |
The History of Surveying http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/museum/articles_complete/surveying/index.html#tools |
Institution of Civil Engineers Museum Scotland School of the Built Environment http://web.sbe.hw.ac.uk/ICE_Museum/collection.htm/
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Council of Australian University Museums and Collections (CAUMAC) http://www.museumsaustralia.org.au/site/page65.php
http://www.dest.gov.au/archive/highered/hereview/submissions/submissions/c/caumac.html |
Deutsches Museum Museumsinsel 1, 80538 Munich, Germany |
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Smithsonian National Museum of American History: Surveying & Geodesy http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/surveying/type.cfm |
Virtual Museum of Surveying (Surveyors Historical Society) http://www.surveyhistory.org/how_old_is_my_instrument.htm http://www.surveyhistory.org/intro_to_antique_surveying_instruments.htm |
Books on historical surveying instruments:
- Bennett, J. A. (1987) 'The Divide Circle - A History of Instruments for Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying'. Phaidon-Christie's Limited, Oxford, England
- Kiely, Edmond (1947) 'Surveying Instruments, their H istory and Classroom Use'. Bureau of Publications, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, USA
- Minow, Helmut (1990) 'Historical Surveying Instruments - List of Collections in Europe'. 2nd edition, Verlag Chmielorz, Wiesbaden, Germany
- Richeson, A. W. (1966) 'English Land Measuring to 1800: Instruments and Practice'. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
- Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AV-CC). (1996) 'Cinderalla Collections – University Museums and Collections in Australia'. Report of the University Museums Review Committee, ISBN 1 86408 046 9 (available from the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee, GPO Box 1142, Canberra ACT 2061, Australia, x+225 pages.
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