… oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; …
Explanatory notes
… theodolites (vernier reading, microscope, suspended (wall‑stand type), universal, mining, etc., types), optical or … or not with a telescope), optical squares and cross‑staffs (whether or not with prisms) and pantometers (with or … whether or not graduated (of metal, wood, etc.), levelling staves (self‑reading, telescopic, folding, etc.), …