Cross, surveyor's
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/OCTAGONAL/SIGHT
- DATE
- 1914
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1096.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CROSS/ WOODEN BOX WITH BRASS HARDWARE/ FELT PADDING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.0 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 6.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED IN SURVEYING TO ESTABLISH A STRAIGHT LINE, AS MEASURED BY A CHAIN, & `OFF-SET' LINES AT RIGHT ANGLES, EXTEDING TO SIGNIFICANT LANDMARKS - Technical
-
SUPERCEDED THE OPEN FORM, BUT THE CLOSENESS OF THE SLITS, DUE TO THE SMALL DIAMETER OF THE TUBE, RENDERS THE DIRECTION GIVEN FOR SIGHTING UNCERTAIN - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SCRATCHED ON BOTTOM: `DFB'
- Missing
- STAFF SOCKET
- Finish
- POLISHED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cross, surveyor's, circa 1914, Artifact no. 1988.1096, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1096.001/
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