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Subject: Re: Kern DKM1 theodolite
From: akmainiac
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Subject: Re: Kern DKM1 theodolite
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On Wednesday, June 24, 1998 at 11:00:00 PM UTC-8, HoltSurvey wrote:
> Hello Peter:
> While surveying for portable (helicopter) seismic exploration operations in
> remote parts of the Rockies, (This is in the early 80's) I used a Wild T-Zero
> which was also referred to as a "mountain theodolite". It was very small, only
> read to the nearest minute, and the horizontal circle doubled as a compass.
> Peter Legere wrote:
> >My spare theodolite is a Kern DKM1. I had occasion to take it in for repair
> >recently and was told that it was a rare and desirable instrument and known
> >as a "mountain transit".
> > It is supposidly the smallest theodolite ever made.
> <snip>
> >I would be interested to know if any of you have one and if there are, in
> >fact, smaller theodolites out there.
> Robert A. Holt, LS
> Holt Survey Associates
> Woodstock, Vermont

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