CECIL E. HANSON COLLECTION
ANTIQUE SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS

MEASURING DEVICES

Currently in the Collection
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inv# Instrument Maker - Location, Estimated date made
 

Chains
   
 

Measuring Tapes  and Accessories
   
   
 

Water Current Meters
M2

W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, New York, ca 1920's

M75

A. Lietz - San Francisco, CA, ca 1920's
M76 A. Ott, Germany - imported by Kueffel & Esser, New York, NY, 1909
   
   
 

Hand Levels
M19 Stadia Hand Level
M111 K&E Hand Level
   

No Longer in the Collection
inv# Instrument Maker - Location, Estimated date made; Current location
M18 Abney Clinometer - A. Leitz & Co, San Francisco, CA; Donated in 2018 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising raffle at New Orleans Rendezvous meeting
M21  Stadia Hand Level; Donated in 2026 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising raffle at the Montana Rendezvous meeting.
M25 Army Engineer's Hand Sighting Level, ca 1940's; Donated in 2023 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising raffle at the Houston Rendezvous meeting
M60 Texas Vera Steel Tape; Donated in 2023 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising raffle at the Houston Rendezvous meeting
M80 Hand Level; Donated in 2018 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising raffle at New Orleans Rendezvous meeting
M85 100' Steel Tape (Lufkin) & Plumb Bob; Donated in 2018 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising raffle at New Orleans Rendezvous meeting
M110 Hand Level; Donated in 2024 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising raffle at the Iowa Rendezvous meeting