Zurich – ETHeritage

Reise Theodolit, Universalinstrument Von Billwiller Kradolfer

3D Collection – a Theodolite To Go

6. July 202321. June 2023 Dorothea Regula Zimmermann, Roberta Flora Spano

A theodolite is used to measure angles, for example in engineering, architecture or surveying. This theodolite is a travel theodolite dating from 1899. Due to its small size and low weight, it was well suited for use on excursions. ETH acquired this theodolite in 1899. … Read more

Vermessungskompass, Kompass, Diopterische Prismenbussole

3D Collection – a Zurich Surveying Compass

6. July 202331. May 2023 Dorothea Regula Zimmermann, Roberta Flora Spano

This surveying compass, also known as a dioptric prismatic compass, was added to the collection of scientific instruments and teaching aids in 2020 together with around 320 surveying instruments from the Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry. Dioptric prismatic compass The dioptric prismatic compass is a special version … Read more

Hangovers all round – first day at university, 1855

9. December 202115. October 2015 Christian John Huber

160 years ago, on 16 October 1855, 68 students embarked on their degrees at the newly found Federal Polytechnical School (now ETH Zurich). Naturally, the Swiss School Board decided to announce this in the newspapers all over Switzerland and even as far as Augsburg:

View from Weid near Zurich

9. December 202122. June 2011 Susanne Zollinger

In around 1880 Heinrich Keller draws a detailed panorama of the City of Zurich from Weid, depicting a seemingly rural, loosely built-up urban area. However, signs of progress are already visible. The Swiss Northeastern Railway line runs on a mighty causeway and over a