Collection of Astronomic-Geodetic Instruments
Universal Instrument by Repsold, Hamburg 1863
The collection of historical astronomical geodetic instruments comprises about 200 museological devices. These are primarily universal instruments, theodolites, levelling instruments, meridian circles and compasses. The oldest instruments in the collection date back to the 19th century, the early days of the Geodetic Institute, and were mainly employed in the training of surveying engineers. The two most valuable devices, the Repsold universal instrument and the universal instrument by Pistor and Martins, were used by the founder of the Geodetic Institute, Christian August Nagel, in the Central European Arc Measurement.
After the restoration of the Beyer building, the historical collection will once again be shown to the public in the tower of the Lohrmann Observatory.
Publications
L. Graefe, Die Sammlung Astronmisch-Geodätische Instrumente, in: Sammlungen und Kunstbesitz, Technische Universität Dresden. Hrsg. von der Rektorin der Technischen Universität Dresden. Dresden 2022, p. 23-34.
Contact
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Institute of Planetary Geodesy - Lohrmann Observatory
August-Bebel-Straße 30
Lutz Graefe, Phone +49 351 463-32143
Lutz.Graefe@tu-dresden.de