Welcome to the homepage of Nicolàs de Hilster
The home page of Nicolas de Hilster (Nicolao Astromontano in Latin), cross-staff & backstaff maker.
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Castricum WeatherCam Info
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Castricum WeatherCam History
Castricum WeatherCam Links
Instruments Info
1953 Wild Heerbrugg Alidade (Kippregel) K2
1734 W. Garner Backstaff replica by N. de Hilster
1734 W. Garner Davis Quadrant replica by N. de Hilster
1720 Jochem Hasebroek cross-staff replica by N. de Hilster
1720 Jochem Hasebroek jacobsstaaf replica by N. de Hilster
1661 Kronan cross-staff copy by N. de Hilster
1625 Demi-cross
Dutch equerre
French Graphometer or half circle or graphometre
French half circle
French graphometre
Flesjeswaterpas
Hydrostatisch waterpas
Hydrostatic level
Secretan a Paris Egualt type level
1965 Wild Heerbrugg Level NK1
1965 Wild Heerbrugg Level NK10
Leica Wild NA2 with Wild Heerbrugg GPM3 parallel plate micrometer
1590 Master Hood's cross-staff
Ebony Octant
T.S. & J.D. Negus Octant
1941 David White Co Pentant (Sextant) US Navy
Range Finder Cotton Type MKII
1979 Observator Geodetic Pentant (Sextant)
1660 Joost van Breen spiegelboog replica by N. de Hilster
1660 Joos van Breen Mirror-staff replica by N. de Hilster
1943 Stadimeter by Schick Incorporated, Stamford, Connecticut
1942 Warren Knight Co Station pointer (Protractor)
Kelvin Hughes Co Station pointer (Protractor)
1869 Societe des Lunetieres Theodolite
1919-1920 Keuffel & Esser Transit
1962 Wild T2 Theodolite
1971 Wild T2 Theodolite
Askania Tu 400 Theodolite
Carl Zeiss Th42 Theodolite
1984 Kern E1 total station (electronic theodolite) with DM503 distance meter
Instruments Links
Wild TC1 manual