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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1913–1914
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0851.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 10360
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 19
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS/ GLASS/ WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 28.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-angles
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bausch Lomb
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TRANSITS FITTED WITH BOTH A HORIZONTAL CIRCLE AND VERTICAL CIRCLE OR ARC MAY BE USED TO MEASURE BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ANGLES. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON TURNTABLE: S/N '10360'/ 'T.S. 1695' IS SCRATCHED ON FRAME
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNDER BASE IS THREADED HOLE FOR SCREWING INTO TRIPOD/ 3 LEVELING SCREWS/ TURNTABLE TURNS 360 DEGREES & LOCKS INTO ANY DIRECTION/ VIEWING WINDOW WITH SMALL SCOPE ABOVE IT, FOR READING DEGREES/ LEVELING BUBBLE ON TOP OF TURNTABLE/ SCOPE & PROTRACTOR WHEEL ARE REMOVABLE & CAN BE SETON TOP OF FRAME ON TURNTABLE/ HAS 5" LEVELING BUBBLE/ LENS HAS REMOVABLE COVER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Transit, circa 1913–1914, Artifact no. 1968.0851, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0851.001/
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