General Information

Serial #

1059

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS & NON-FERROUS METAL INSTRUMENT/ GLASS OPTICS/ WOOD CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE & FELT LINING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

42.3 cm

Width

36.0 cm

Height

12.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Photogrammetry

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Wild

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Heerbrugg

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO VIEW PAIR OF PROPERLY ORIENTED PHOTOGRAPHS OR DIAGRAMS TO OBTAIN VISUAL IMPRESSION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL. IT ENABLES VIEWER TO OBTAIN CLEARER IMAGE & BE ABLE TO ESTIMATE RELATIVE HEIGHTS OF OBJECTS.

Technical

USE OF MIRRORS IN THIS INSTRUMENT ENABLE RELATIVELY LARGE AREA OF EACH PAIR OF PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE VIEWED AT ONCE. THIS REDUCES NUMBER OF TIMES PHOTOSMUST BE MOVED AS WELL AS FLIPPING UP SIDES OF PHOTOS REQUIRED WHEN USING LENS STEREOSCOPE, SINCE ALL STEREO OVERLAP CAN BE SEEN.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 WHITE LETTERING ON GREEN PLATE READS "WILD/ HEERBRUGG/ SWITZERLAND/ No 1059"/.3 GOLD LETTERING READING "WILD/ HEERBRUGG/ SWITZERLAND"/ WHITE LETTERING ON BLACK PLATE ON CASE EXTERIOR READS "WILD/ HEERBRUGG/ SWITZERLAND/ No 1059"

Missing

SOME ACCESSORIES

Finish

GREEN WRINKLE FINISHED INSTRUMENT/ PLATED, METALLIC, & BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ MIRROR & COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ CLEAR COATED WOOD/ GREEN PADDING

Decoration

N/A