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Maker:
Keuffel & Esser Co.  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 10 7/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 26.51125 cm x 4.445 cm x 3.175 cm
overall: 10 7/16 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 3/16 in; 26.51125 cm x 4.1275 cm x 3.01625 cm
Object Name:
hand level
Description:
Keuffel & Esser boasted that their “Stadia Hand Level (Telescopic)” will be found “very useful for preliminary surveys, cross-sectioning, railroad construction work, exploration of streams for water power, etc.” The inscriptions on this example read "KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. N.Y." and "5986."
Ref: Keuffel & Esser, <i>Catalogue of Drawing Materials, Surveying Instruments, Measuring Tapes</i> (New York, 1921), p. 363.
Location:
Currently not on view
ID Number:
1984.0636.06
Catalog number:
1984.0636.06
Accession number:
1984.0636
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Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-3565-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1393334