Location Kanazawa University Museum
The Fourth Higher School Physics Experiment Apparatus: Theodolite
- Display status
- No permanent display
- Period
- Acquisition: Before 1931
- Form/Type
- Equipment
- Location
- Manufactured in: Troy, USA
One of the pieces of educational experiment apparatus used at The Fourth Higher School. This item is a theodolite transit, a surveying instrument that measures altitude and azimuth. It was used in chogaku(mechanics) for surveying education. A small telescope is installed so that it can rotate around its horizontal and vertical axes, and the altitude and azimuth of the observed object are measured using the horizontal and vertical rings. Transits are used for surveying and theodolites are used for astronomical measurements. The horizontal dial plate is used for azimuth measurement, and the vertical dial plate is used for altitude (angle) measurement. Each dial plate has a Vernier scale, allowing for accurate reading up to 1/3°. This item was manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, a surveying equipment manufacturer in Troy, USA, established in 1845.
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Established in 1989 to preserve and utilize valuable materials handed down from the predecessor school when the university campus was relocated from Kanazawa Castle Site. Former teaching materials such as beautifully shaped physics experiment apparatus and mushroom moulage specimens that allow you to observe mushrooms as they were 100 years ago are fun-to-see natural museum materials in the museum's collection. The museum also holds many archive such as timetables that show the hard work of medical students 100 years ago, as well as archaeological materials excavated within the campus.
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