Rochlitz Collection of Survey Instruments

MSA SC 1986

Dates

1900-1999

Medium

brass, wood

Restrictions

RESTRICTED: Do not circulate without the permission of the Registrar, Director of Reference, or State Archivist

Storage

Contact the Department of Special Collections for location.

Description

Surveyor's transit and tripod. The transit is inscribed: "A.J. Aloe Co St. Louis 0156" and "PAT 7-24-1917." The transit is housed in its wooden original box; a base and protractor are also kept in the box. Albery Sidney Aloe (1842-1893) founded the firm of A.S. Aloe (1867-1876), which by 1885 became named A.S. Aloe & Co. This transit is based on the patent (#1,234,520) for a combined level and transit granted on July 24, 1917 to Adolph Wissler (1886-1926), the St. Louis instrument maker who made many of the surveying instruments sold by Aloe.

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Miscellaneous

Microfilm Inventory