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  1. Theodolite — 2017-07-05 08:57:22
    Theodolite :: {{Image url="Theodolite_old.jpg" class="right" title="An early Theodolite" width="400" }} === Leonard Digges 1551 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]] The theodolite surveying instrument was invented by …
    …eonard Digges in the 16th century. Digges was a cartographer born in Barham, [[Kent]] around 1515 and died in 1559. == Theodolite == A theodolite is a surveying instrument usually mounted on a tripod with adjustable legs. It is used in the field to…
    …s an inventor. Digges also independently invented the reflecting telescope, or the refracting telescope as part of his theodolite to improve the accuracy over long distances of his surveying works. As referenced in his 1591 book //Pantometria//. …

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