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These are sites that I have found to be very informative or just plain fun.

If you know of or have a web site that you think would be beneficial 
please submit it by E-Mail for consideration to Robert Parrish at:
  robert@antiquesurveying.com

Please let me know of any dead links.

History of George Nicholas Saegmuller  also some of the Fauth & Co. Washington, DC, and Bausch & Lomb history.

http://www.thesilenceisbroken.us/index.htm A important new book "The Silence is Broken!"
It is dedicated to promoting a deeper understanding of current events in the Middle East and where
they are headed within the context of Gods prophetic word. Written by a very good friend Doug Berner

Welcome to Parrish Associates, Inc   For your machine design needs.

http://www.tri-pedcorp.com/index.htm Best way to stabilize a tripod and protect a instrument.

http://www.astroworks.com/  A telescope that redefines amateur astronomy!

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/surveying/  The Smithsonian's collection of instruments. A very good site, and a must.

http://www.surveyhistory.org Surveying History,  Instruments and Serial Numbers 
of several makers are listed here.

www.surveyantiques.com  Instrument makers catalog scans.
This is a MUST VISIT web site!!!

http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/  London science museum

http://www.sprattart.com Fine sculptures by James Spratt, a extraordinary artist.

http://www.rittenhousejournal.org/index.htm  
Subscription, journal of scientific instruments.

http://homepage.swissonline.ch/dedual/wild_heerbrugg/  
Wild history and serial numbers. A Super Important Site

http://www.mohaveinstrument.com/NewFiles/Manuals.html A great source for instruction manuals.

http://www.company7.com/zeiss/history.html Zeiss history.

http://www.davistownmuseum.org/bioBuff.html The Davistown Museum
History of Buff & Buff and C. L. Berger & Sons

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomagmodels/Declination.jsp  Magnetic declination calculator.

http://www.cadastral.com/2010ephs.htm Sun and Polaris Ephemeris 2010

http://earthsci.org/education/fieldsk/compass/compass.html A great Compass Tutorial.

Functions of the Coast Survey and the Coast and Geodetic Survey History Too.

Other cool links

http://www.amesinstrumentcompany.com/                 
- Go to Ames Instrument Co. for the BEST in reproduction antique surveying compasses.

http://www.earlycorvettes.com/compleatsurveyor.html Lots of history here.

http://www.gemmary.com  A Great Site and a Discussion Forum

http://www.uspto.gov/  Search US Patents here.

http://www.FreePatentsOnline.com Search Patents here.

http://www.SumoBrain.com Search Patents here.

http://www.patent.gov.uk/  Search UK Patents and others here.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sextants Discussion group for sextants, navigating, 
surveying, and other instruments.

http://www.leupold.com   Leupold / Stevens history

http://www.portlandprecision.com/   Offers repair of Leupold and Stevens discontinued line
of Hand Levels, Abney Levels, Sportsman, Cruiser and Forester Compasses.

http://www.csulb.edu/~mbrenner/balloon.htm Pibal (Balloon) theodolites

http://www.sliderulemuseum.com   A very informative Slide Rule site.

http://www.technicalcollectibles.com  Slide rule information.

http://www.sphere.bc.ca./test/ke-sliderule.html/ketour.html   K & E Slide rule information

http://www.leinweb.com/snackbar/planimtr/  All about Planimeters  

http://www.bruntontransit.org/  All about the Brunton Pocket Transits.

http://www.geology.iupui.edu/academics/classes/g303/Fieldwork/brunton.htm
Instructions for use of the Brunton Pocket Transit.

http://www.brunton.com/  Brunton's home page.

http://www.threedgraphics.com/kornelia/compass/compass.htm Pocket compasses, nice site.

http://members3.boardhost.com/swisstek/ A great resource for selling and buying surveying instruments.

http://www.patented-antiques.com/ A great tool and antique dealer.

http://www.antiqbuyer.com/  Do you have mechanical antiques to sell?  Try Here. 

surveychains.com Your One Stop Chain Source.

http://hometown.aol.com/t52berg/pubpage.htm The encyclopedia of land surveying links

http://www.niagara.com/~bboese/default.html 
 Brian E. Boese - Millwright Extraordinaire - Great Optical tooling site.

http://www.inlandgps.com/  For your GPS needs, A great dealer.

http://www.mindspring.com/~optical/ Optical Engineering Co. Inc.

http://www.theamericansurveyor.com/  New very good surveying magazine. I highly recommend it.

http://www.profsurv.com/ Great Surveying Magazine

http://www.antique-hangups.com/ 

http://www.geckooptical.com/  New classified site.

http://www.ohwy.com/ Your guide to travel, recreation, and leisure.

http://www.fas.org/index.html Federation of American Scientists

http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/ Your Sky, a great astronomical site.  

http://www.gisnet.com/notebook/comprose.html Origins of the Compass Rose.

http://www.gisnet.com/notebook/index.html GIS site

http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html  The Library of Congress

http://www.wood.army.mil/MUSEUM/mus_info.htm Good information source.

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ Good information source.