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Code 8130
EUR 1350.00
In stock
1744985826Code 8130 TacheometerTacheometer model Soldati from the end of the 19th century signed La Filotecnica Ing. A Salmoiraghi Milano serial number 18865.
Instrument for surveying and tracing on construction sites, used for calculating vertical and horizontal angles and for indirect measurement of distance and height differences.
Good condition.
Measurements cm 17.5x12x18.5- inches 6.9x4.7x7.3
The company was founded in Milan in 1865 by Ignazio Porro (1801-1875) with the name Filotecnica.
Ignazio Porro managed to make a huge renewal of measuring instruments by conditioning and dominating their evolution in all civilized and civilizing countries for the benefit of all civil engineering works from land registry, to roads, railways, land reclamation, etc.
Porro can be considered the founder of modern topography, he was a skilled and very refined builder in the field of precision mechanics and optics as well as being a prolific inventor, so much so that sometimes he was ahead of his time: just think of his invention of the anallactic telescope, that is, a system of lenses with variable focal length (which is now known as zoom); or we can remember the "Porro vehicle", an arrangement of prisms to straighten images in telescopes and binoculars.
After having lived and worked in various places, in Piedmont, Paris and Florence, Porro settled in Milan and began teaching at the Polytechnic. Here he had as a student the young Angelo Salmoiraghi, and it was he who a few years later transformed the company into an industry, while also maintaining the initial teaching vocation.
Nel 1871 Salmoiraghi infatti diviene socio di Porro e nel 1877 acquista la fabbrica, espandendola: nel 1890 vi lavorano circa 150 operai e la fabbrica si estende su una superficie di 1500 metri quadrati.
Dal 1906 agli inizi della Prima Guerra Mondiale la ditta prende il nome di Filotecnica Salmoiraghi e amplia la gamma dei prodotti: oltre agli strumenti topografici produce strumenti matematici, per il disegno, l’astronomia, la meteorologia, la navigazione e il suo catalogo comprende più di 300 pezzi; gli strumenti prodotti sono di ottima qualità e ottengono numerosi successi alle esposizioni universali.
Durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale la ditta è considerata un obiettivo bellico e gli stabilimenti vengono bombardati, ma al termine del conflitto la ditta riesce a riprendersi subito.
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