@ric-moore Yes you are correct.

Ric, I have several Stadia Boards they are 12' long.

Kent, What type is he looking for a high post or a low post alidade? Any particular maker? Tim

61 with 42 years of surveying

Tripod looks like pre 1880. The wooden legs are sandwiched between the brass ears. Not like the newer years where the brass ear is sandwiched between ...

The 8th Edition has just been released recently. The cost $171.00 plus shipping.

Mike, If you look at the antique surveing site you should find a Lietz receipt for a transit Inst 5919 dated Jan. 1912. This transit was on consignmen...

Any records prior to 1906 were burned up in the fire caused by the 1906 earthquake of San Francisco. I have looked for the sales records and have chat...

Iron pipes show up in the 1902 Manual under "Monuments". I see no mention of iron pipes in the 1894 Manual. No length or size is given.

I would choose a W.&L.E. Gurley Solar Transit

This is where it gets a little crazy. If you look at the Book written by Schobel Clevenger U.S. Deputy Surveyor in 1873 he states to use the method of...

If the gov't plat is 1840. The method of setting the center 1/4 was laid out by the Land Ordinance of 1834. The position was to be set on a west to ea...

Dane,I have the following Lietz Catalogs: 16th Edition 192817th Edition 1938 and18th Edition 1945. Send me a photo and some data on the instrument. I ...

I see several places to look here. One if the deputy surveyor set the 1/4 cor at 40 chains heading north and then tied into the township line at 80 ch...

Topcon started making their own data collector when Trimble bought out TDS. It is the same way that Topcon started making their own radios when Trimbl...