Surveying Collection

Falklands War - 1982
Directorate of Overseas Surveys map of the Falklands Islands, 1983 (c). One of four maps of the Falkland Islands, 1982 (c)-1984 (c)

The Zulu war. Lord Chelmsfords retreat from Isandhlwana the
Lord Chelmsford surveying the damage after the Battle of Isandlwana. The battlefield strewn with corpses is in the foreground, Isandhlawana Hill is in the distance, as are the Zulu impi (warriors)

Larkswood Lido
Two glamorous girls in bathing costumes and high heels surveying the scene at Larkswood open air swimming pool, Chingford, Essex

Surveyors sitting in a circle during a meeting. Miniature of the 14th century

Trigonometry Point
A Trigonometry Point at Buvita in the Belgium Congo, topped off with a broom!

SURVEYING LEVELS
A whole selection of different surveying instruments, and diagrams relating to their specific uses. Date: 1810

James Brindley / Parsons
JAMES BRINDLEY English canal engineer

English lady surveying fancy room with covered chandeliers
English lady surveying a fancy room with covered furniture and chandeliers in brown-holland balloons, 19th century. Housekeeper Mrs Mustard showing Mrs Lucy Somerville around the drawing room

Surveying in a coal mine

Coal Mine Surveyor early 1900s

Calm Captain in Storm Date: 1947

Elderly Couple on Christmas Morn

Whats left?, woman and children waiting for leftovers
A woman and a group of children wait for leftovers at a fishmonger and poulterers shop. A well-to-do mother and daughter are seen leaving the shop

SURVEYING / TELEMETROGRAPH
TELEMETROGRAPH Date: 1885

TUNNEL SURVEY / 1906
Tunnel surveying with a theodolite atop Mount Leone by three intrepid surveyors! Date: 1906

Andreossi Surveys Egypt
Comte Andreossi surveys antique sites for Napoleon. Date: 1788

TRIGONOMETRIC SURVEY
A Trigonometric survey in North America. Date: circa 1900

PEDOMETER / PERAMBULATOR
A Perambulator or pedometer. Date: 1797

Engineering survey using divers - The Trans-Baikal Railway
The Trans-Baikal Railway - a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Chita and serving Zabaykalsky Krai and Amur Oblast

Charles Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle
Charles Darwin during his voyage on the HMS Beagle in the 1830s, when he discovered a variety of flora and fauna and begins to have thoughts about the origin of species and evolution

Oxus River (Amu Darya)
The Oxus River (Amu Darya) at Khami-i-ab, looking east, near Khoja-Saleh. The river supplied irrigation for the ancient oasis kingdoms of Khiva and Khwarism. Date: 1885

Fuegian (Yapoo Takeenica)

Ufos / Hall / Boise
At Boise, Idaho, surveyor E G Hall sees a UFO through his surveying instrument Date: 20 February 1948

French Railway Alphabet - N for Nivellement (levelling, surveying). 19th century

Communist China - surveying in a field
Communist China - young people with surveying equipment on a tripod in a field, doing a waterway survey and combining knowledge learnt in school with practical activities. circa 1960s

Edwardian ladies in winter
Xmas. Two Edwardian ladies dressed in warm coats, hats and muffs surveying the winter scene. Date: circa 1904

Underwater theodolite off the coast of Malta
Diver using a theodolite to survey the best location for an inflatable house which was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta

Mining. Surveying by the mines compass. Diorama. Deutsches Museum. Munich. Germany

Survey Party / Australia
Three aboriginal men look on in interest as three surveyors map out part of the Hampton Plains in Western Australia. Date: 1891

Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st The Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) as an old man surveying the battlefield of Waterloo, 1840 (c)Oil on canvas, after Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846)

Portable theodolite by Edward Troughton.. Portable theodolite by Edward Troughton. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J

Military Surveying Instrument - MEK GS Right Instrument
Military Surveying Instrument - MEK.GS Right Instrument No. 10490, E. R. Watts & Son, 1916, Includes a leather case. Firearms & Equipment

Big fighting ships auxiliaries by G. H. Davis
Navy notes of the week. A big fighting ships auxiliaries: some little-known members of the British fleet. 1912

Ships that pass by G. H. Davis
Ships that pass -- some notes for our readers who are spending their holidays by the sea shore. The ships are: cargo steamer, liner, coasting steamer, seagoing tug, oil carrier, racing yawl

18th century French surveying techniques
An explanation of six surveying techinques from 18th century France. Date: 18th Century

Aaron Rathbone
aRON RATHBONE mathematician and author of a treatise on surveying. Date: 1572 - ?

Italy - Laboratorio di precisione, Roma - Precision Optics
Italy - Laboratorio di Precisione, Roma - Precision Optics made in Rome - produced optical instruments used in WW1 - suppliers to the Royal family in Italy Date: circa 1906

Fuegians going to trade with Patagonians in Zapallos

Practical Geometry by Allain Manesson Mallet
" Practical Geometry" by Allain Manesson Mallet. Fol. 85 depicting the surveying of fields (1702). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240 - 1312); BOYSSET, Bertrand (1355-1415). Surveying treaty. 1250 - 1312. Surveying and demarcation of land. Illustration of Boysset. Ms 327 fol.28r. Gothic art

View of San Francisco, California: taken from Telegraph Hill, April 1850, by Wm. B. McMurtrie, draughtsman of the U.S. Surveying Expedition. Date c1851

Defending Law and Order
Generals Cavaignac and Lamoriciere ride through the streets of Paris, surveying the damage and debating how to deal with the insurrection. Date: 22 June 1848

World War Two Bomb Damage
A couple survey the damage caused by a bomb dropped on the UK during World War Two. Date: circa 1942

Sir Richard Turnbull inspecting Scout quadrangle
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout for Scouts Arabia, inspects the quadrangle of the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. circa 1966

Officials inspecting Scout headquarters
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout of Aden, led by the Chief Commissioner, Mr J.J. Greene O.B.E. inspecting the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association. circa 1966

Surveying in Afghanistan
A mile-measuring machine (perambulator) being used by the Afghan Boundary Commission. Date: circa 1884

French Survey Algeria
The French whilst surveying the Sahara, stop for refreshment at an oasis Date: 1906

Surveyor at work with a theodolite
A surveyor at work with a theodolite level

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