Alidade
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STRAIGHT EDGE/GRADUATED/FIXED
- DATE
- 1927
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0615.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Goold, Shapley & Muir Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Brantford, Ontario, Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 50.2 cm
- Width
- 3.8 cm
- Height
- 13.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Fire fighting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GOOLD
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Brantford
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1920'S & 1930'S
- Canada
-
MADE & USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO ESTABLISH A BEARING ON A FOREST FIRE FROM A TOWER AND LOCATE THE POSITION ON A MAP - Technical
-
ALLOWED FOR FAST & ACCURATE LOCATION OF FOREST FIRES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON ONE EDGE: '0 5 10 15 20'
- Missing
- WIRE FROM MIDDLE SECTION TO ONE SIGHT IS BROKEN
- Finish
- POLISHED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Goold, Shapley & Muir Co. Ltd., Alidade, circa 1927, Artifact no. 1973.0615, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0615.001/
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