Tripod, transit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Telescopic
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1974.0181.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 428. 700187 `D'
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood/ Brass/ Aluminium.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 99.7 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Survey equipment
- 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
-
Used by EMR's Surveys & Mapping Branch in Ottawa, ON. - Function
-
Object on which one securely mounts a surveying instrument at a desired height. In this case, the tripod was used to support transit 1968.0380.001. - Technical
-
Type sample. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "B&L # 428', '40428' & '700187 D' incised on tripod.
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- Lower part of leg: round wood with heavy pointed foot made of brass/ Upper part of wood:2 pieces hollowed out/ Two very heavy clamps on legs, tightened by wing nuts/ Brass divider/ Head - simple screw-type fitting with aluminium cover/ Varnish over stain fairly dark/ Head painted black/ Condition: Varnish and paint scratched.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Tripod, transit, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1974.0181, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1974.0181.001/
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