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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0527.002

MANUFACTURER: STEINHEIL
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Munich, Germany

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Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Exploration and Survey
Category: Measurement-angles
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Manufacturer

AKA: STEINHEIL
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Munich

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: BETWEEN 1887-1894
Canada: USED BY MR. J.J. MCARTHUR, DLS IN TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEYOF ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 1887-1892: THIS WAS FIRST SURVEY MADE IN CANADA BY PHOTOGRAPHIC METHODS (SEE ALSO SURVEY CAMERA 680392). USED 1893-1894 IN TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF B.C.-ALASKA BOUNDARY.
Function: TO MEASURE HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL ANGLES. THIS THEODOLITE ESPECIALLY SUITED TO MERIDIAN MEASUREMENT (IE. BY OBSERVING POSITION & MOVEMENT OF STARS.)
Technical: EXTREMELY SMALL, LIGHT AND COMPACT THEODOLITE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING PRECISE MEASUREMENTS. PRISMATIC OBJECTIVE LENS WHICH MAY BE ROTATED FULLY 360-DEGREES AND ABILITY TO REVERSE TELESCOPE IN ITS AXIS ALLOWS FOR OBSERVATION OF STARS AND THEREFORE MERIDIAN MEASUREMENT. THIS INSTRUMENT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL AND OF FINEST QUALITY.
Area Notes: Unknown

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Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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STEINHEIL, Base, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1966.0527, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0527.002/

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