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

http://www.ladydenman.asn.au

Scientific Instrument Collection

 

http://website.lineone.net/~bsneesby/index.html

Study Collection of Kern & Co,
im Stadtmuseum Aarau

Schlossplatz 23, 5000 Aarau, Switzerland

https://www.kern-aarau.ch/kern/willkommen/welcome.html

Auctioneers of Fine Art, Antiques
and Sculpture

Willoughby, Ohio, USA

http://www.ewolfs.com/

 

Virtual Archive of Wild Heerbrugg

http://homepage.swissonline.ch/dedual/wild_heerbrugg/

 

http://www.wild-heerbrugg.com/

 

Maison du Geometres

79, Cours Charlemagne
69002 Lyon, France

http://www.geo-anse.com

Macleay Museum

University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections/macleay.shtml

 

Scientific Instrument Collections in Australian Universities
(by J. Holland)

http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/JHUniInstColl.htm 

 National Technical Museum

Prague

 

http://www.ntm.cz/

Instruments of Science and Technology

http://www.antiques-sci-tech.com/

Society for the History of Geodesy in Switzerland

http://www.history-of-geodesy.ch

Museum of Scientific Instruments

University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada,

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/utmusi/ 

Science Museum

Exhibition Road, South Kensington,
London, England

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

Förderkreis Vermessungstechnisches Museum e.V.

Museum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte
Hansastrasse 3, D-44012
Dortmund, Germany

http://www.vermessungsgeschichte.de/

The Whipple Museum of the History of Science

Cambridge, England

http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/

 

International Institution for the History of
Surveying and Measurement

 

http://www.fig.net/hsm/index.htm/  

Antique Surveying Instruments at 'oobject' (blog/directory)

http://www.oobject.com/category/antique-surveying-instruments/ 

Hewlett-Packard Archive
(for catalogues, journals, links)

http://www.hparchive.com/

The National Museum of Science & Industry

London

 

http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/ 

Historic Scientific Instruments: A Guide to Resources
(by J. Holland)

http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/JHSciInstGuide.htm#Guide

Conservatoire National des Arts et Metier

60 rue Réaumur - Paris 3rd arrondissement

Museum of the History of Science

Old Ashmolean Building
Broad Street, Oxford, England

http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/

Surveying Antiques (Buying &Selling, Instruments,
Catalogues & Manuals) 

http://www.surveyantiques.com/instrument_history_gallery.htm
 

Canada Science and Technology Museum

1867 St. Laurent Blvd.
Ottawa, ON K1G 5A3, Canada

http://www.sciencetech.technimuses.ca/

Land Survey Photo Gallery

http://www.landsurveyor.us/gallery_a1.htm

The History of Surveying
(Queensland Dept of Environment and Resources)

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/museum/articles_complete/surveying/index.html#tools

Institution of Civil Engineers Museum Scotland

School of the Built Environment
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS

http://web.sbe.hw.ac.uk/ICE_Museum/collection.htm/

 

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

http://www.deutsches-museum.de/e_index.htm

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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