Hypsometer

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OBJECT TYPE: SIGHT/PLUMB BOB
DATE: 1903
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1100.001

MANUFACTURER: Keuffel & Esser Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN BASE/ ALUMINUM MIRROR HOLDER & SIGHTS/ GLASS MIRROR/ STRING/ CARDBOARD CASE COVERED WITH FABRIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 18.5 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Height: 2.0 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: Keuffel Esser
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS ONE PROBABLY AFTER 1949 AS `DFB', WHICH IS SCRATCHED ON BACK WAS FORMED IN THAT YEAR
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE
Function: USED TO MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF TREES, POLES ETC.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON TOP OF BASE: `KEUFFEL & ESSER CO./ NEW YORK/ [TWO GRADUATED SCALES BESIDE SLIDE & TWO GRADUATED SCALES IN MIRROR IMAGE ALONG ONE LENGTH OF BASE]'/ SCRATCHED ON BACK: `DFB'
Missing: BOX BROKEN/ RIBBON TIE TORN
Finish: BLACK BOX/ WHITE BASE TOP WITH BLACKPRINTING/ BLACK SIGHTS/ VARNISHED BASE
Decoration: N/A

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Keuffel & Esser Co., Hypsometer, after 1903, Artifact no. 1988.1100, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1100.001/

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