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Title:
Brunel's theodolite
Object name(s):
theodolite; theodolite
Brief description:
Surveyor's theodolite by W. & S. Jones, London, c1830, said to have been used by IK Brunel during the construction of the Great Western Railway (Exhibit 1902)
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Associated concept:
theodolite
Associated concept:
Running the Railway
Associated concept:
tools of the trade and personal accessories
Associated person:
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Person's association:
user
Credit line:
British Railways Board Records Office
Object name:
theodolite; theodolite
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1830
Date - latest:
1830
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1830
Date - latest:
1830
Object production person:
W. & S. Jones
Object production place:
Holborn, Camden, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Other number:
1986-534
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
86/240
Other number type:
file number
Other number:
NRM/147/659
Other number type:
file number
Responsible department/section:
NRM - Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d01ab9c5-0798-36b8-aeb3-55fa0668ddf8

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d01ab9c5-0798-36b8-aeb3-55fa0668ddf8, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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