This scientific instrument
is called a theodolite.
By looking down the telescope
and turning the dials
you could measure different angles

Croydon High School for Girls
was one of the first
to let girls study science.
They used this theodolite.

"For the first time,
a girl was treated as an
intelligent, sensible, free and capable
young person.

Examinations were passed,
to the amazement of the those who thought
a girl's brain was necessarily feeble and inferior".

One of her pupils
Nolini Bonnerjee
got a place at the only women's college
in Cambridge University, Girton College.
She went on to study medicine
at London University.
and was one of the first women
to get a degree
and become a doctor.

To find out more about
Croydon High School
vist www.croydonhigh.gdst.net