Reproduction
Object Category
Balloon Theodolite
Description
Grey painted metal instrument. Like a microscope. Mounted on wooden base. Two extra attachments. Brass but mostly grey.
A Balloon Theodolite is a piece of range finding equipment used to find the altitude of balloons from the ground. It's primary use appears to be military and metrological. They are still in use today, although it appears to be more for tracking hot air balloons rather than metrological purposes.
Believed to be German, and to date to WW2. One of several objects in the Collection that appear to be related to WW2 (for example GEO-04). Online manual for the use of a Balloon Theodolite - http://www.novalynx.com/manuals/qm-8304-manual.pdf.
Production Date
possibly 1930 to possibly 1945
Material
Dimensions
length: 190 mm
width: 170 mm
height: 240 mm
Creator
Vorn & Otto Fennel Sohne, Kassel
Associated Person
Collection
Geomatic Engineering
Accession Number
LDUSC-GEOM-3
Alternative Number
UCL 08 (old photogrammetry no.), 3
Administration Name
UCL Science and Engineering Collections
