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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1886–1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0715.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Morin, H. & Gensse
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Paris, France
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal & glass.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 27.3 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
- Morin
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Paris
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Late 19th century surveying instruments of Dominion Land surveyor John McLatchie (1842-1908) President of the Dominion Land Surveyors (1892- 1893), whose work included surveys of international boundary, the Alaska boundary, and extensive surveys in western Canada and the maritime provinces. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- Appears complete: lamp & possibly lamp bracket not original to this transit. Glass in tube level cracked. Silver circles, verniers and compass worn, some damage to surface finish.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Morin, H. & Gensse, Transit, circa 1886–1920, Artifact no. 1978.0715, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0715.001/
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