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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0527.002
- MANUFACTURER
- STEINHEIL
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Munich, Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- STEINHEIL
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Munich
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- BETWEEN 1887-1894
- Canada
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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
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TO MEASURE HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL ANGLES. THIS THEODOLITE ESPECIALLY SUITED TO MERIDIAN MEASUREMENT (IE. BY OBSERVING POSITION & MOVEMENT OF STARS.) - Technical
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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
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- 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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