RefNo | MOB/037 |
Level | Item |
Title | Theodolite by Jesse Ramsden |
Artist | Ramsden, Jesse |
Date | 1784-1787 |
Description | A brass theodolite, comprising two telescopes suspended at differing heights, a vertical semi-circle and horizontal circle, both divided into degrees, and a compass. Rests on a four footed base. |
Extent | 1 instrument |
ObjectName | Scientific Instrument |
Materials | Brass, glass |
Notes | Destroyed by an incendiary bomb in 1940 whilst on loan to the Ordnance Survey office at Southampton. |
AccessStatus | Open |
Provenance | Commissioned by General Roy for a Royal Society sponsored project: to determine the difference of longitude between the observatoires of Greenwich and Paris. Presumably returned to the Society post 1787. Lent to the Ordnance Survey office in Southhampton in 1840 where it was destroyed by an incendiary bomb on 23 November 1940. |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6963 | Ramsden; Jesse (1735 - 1800) | 1735 - 1800 |