Angus Cornish, Castlemaine Borough engineer & Inspector of works, circa 1870s - 1900s: a bulging file of hand-written and illustrated specification documents and surveyors reports for works completed or required in and around Castlemaine; including 'C.…
A leather cased surveyor's instrument, A. G. Barker & Associates, Melbourne, circa 1940, marked 'Surveyor's Aneroid Compensated', made in England, retailer A.G. Barker; leather case stamped Timbers 1940, the instrument face 8 cm diameter
A brass surveyor's theolodite by Jean Francois Richer, Paris, 18th century, in a varnished walnut case with brass fixings, the case 9.5 cm high, 21.5 cm wide, 13 cm deep
Samuel Charles Brees, plain of the Ruamahunga opening into palisander bay near Wellington, lithographic print, Samuel Charles Brees was the chief surveyor for the New Zealand Company. Another example of this lithograph is held in the collection of the…
Angelo Tornaghi Surveying instrument in original plush fitted leather box embossed lower right 'A. Tournaghi, Sydney', circa 1865. Born in Milan, Italy in 1831 Tournaghi set up a business at 312 George Street Sydney in 1864 and made a name for himself…
Rare American D.W Bruntons, Ainsworth pocket Transit compass, made for surveying on or under the ground, incised D. W. Brunton's Pat. Sept. 18, 1894 Apr. 14, 1914 Wm. Ainsworth & Sons Sole Manufacturers Pat. Oct. 2 12. May 27. 13. Denver, Colo. U. S. A.,…
A cased brass surveyors instrument incised Thomas Jones & Sons, 62 Charing cross London the box inscribed W Murray Ce Licensed Surveyor the case 7 cm high, 54 cm wide, 9.5 cm deep
An early 20th century Stanley 'Surveying Aneroid Compensated' pocket barometer/altimeter, ebonised brass case, the dial with scales detailed in inches and feet, in original stitched leather case, the small viewing magnifying glass absent. Diameter of case…
A brass Dip circle in a glazed case maker's mark E.A Machin & Co., Melbourne, first quarter 20th century with a calibrated circular brass ring and supports, housed in a rectangular case with bevelled glazing, above a circular pedestal on adjustable brass…
A surveyor's transit, with case and stand, first half 20th century, possibly by E.R. Watts & Co., retailed by N.H. Seward, Melbourne, the black-enamelled instrument with brass fittings marked only with Seward's name, with some accessories in an apparently…
A circumferentor surveying instrument by Angelo Tornaghi, Sydney, Australia, c.1865. The maker who had been the Australian agent for Negretti & Zambra developed a light circumferentor that gained popularity for field surveying, a similar instrument was…