CECIL E. HANSON COLLECTION
ANTIQUE SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS

FOREIGN LEVELS

Gardner & Co - Glascow, Scotland, ca 1878

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Type: Dumpy Level
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Condition: Good
Box: Yes
Found: October 25, 1966 - Montreal, Canada
CEH Inventory# FL3

Inscription on box reads - "Presented to Mr. Robert Morton, Manager, by the employees of Messrs. Morrison & Mason Contractors. Queens Dock, Glascow. 31st. August 1878"

CEH Notes: WM Gravatt, an Englishman, is credited with the construction of the first Dumpy level in 1845. It was called "Dumpy" because it was shorter than the first Wye level which was invented in 1745.