Add to albumThis surveyors' level was made around 1840, probably by Andrew Dodd, a scientific instrument maker based in Glasgow. It is made of brass.
The level has a bubble tube over the telescope, and rack-and-pinion focusing. Engraved on the limb is 'Dodd/ GLASGOW'.
In the mid 19th century, there was a growing demand for surveying instruments. They were needed in the growing cities and in the communications - the canals, turnpike roads and, later, railways - that connected them.
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- Online ID: 000-100-102-840-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland T.1990.34
- Date: Around 1840
c. 1840
- Material: Brass / leather case. Inscription: Dodd, / GLASGOW
Level, surveyor's / box
- Dimensions: 460 mm x 115 mm x 80 mm / 440 mm x 60 mm x 65 mm
- What: Level, surveyor's / box
- Subject:
- Who: Andrew Dodd, Glasgow (Maker)
- Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
- Event:
- Description: Eighteen-inch surveyor's level in brass, contained in a fitted box, by Andrew Dodd, Glasgow, c. 1840,
- References:
- Bryden, D.J. Scottish Scientific Instrument Makers 1660-1900. Edinburgh, 1972. p 47
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