Surveyors' level

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This 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: National Museums Scotland
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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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