Description

Levelling staff in wood of semi-circular section in two 3 ft folding sections which extend to 6 ft graduated to 0.5 in. Folds to make a circular section. Brass hinge.

Used for measuring vertical distances in conjunction with a level.

This item was donated by Carfrae & Morrison CE, Edinburgh. Professor Paxton donated to Heriot-Watt University a collection of letter and day books relating to Carfrae and Morrison. They are indexed on University’s Heritage and Information Governance website (https://www.calmview.eu/Watt/CalmView/Default.aspx?).