General Information

Serial #

2476

Part Number

1

Total Parts

14

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN CASESWITH LEATHER COVERING & METAL HANDLES; TELESCOPE MADE OF BRASS & GLASS; BASE IS BAKELITE; GLASS BALANCE-TUBES & SLIDES.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

60.5 cm

Width

45.2 cm

Height

23.0 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

HEYDE

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Dresden

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1915-1950s

Canada

USED BY GEODETIC SURVEY ON INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY SURVEYS AND FOR SURVEYS OF THE 60TH PARALLEL.

Function

USED FOR TIME DETERMINATION - TO DEFINE THE POINT OF SOLAR NOON FOR THE CALCULATION OF MEAN TIME, AND TO MEASURE THE RIGHT ASCENSION, OR HOUR ANGLES OF THE STARS AND PLANETS.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 'Gustav Heyde, Dresden No, 2476' incised on horizontal axis/.11 '209A' painted on base in black raised print/ Both cases labelled 'ASTRONOMICAL/INSTRUMENTS/WITH CARE'.

Missing

From CA of 08/21/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined - May be missing components.

Finish

BAKELITE BASE IS BLACK/ LEVEL WITH ANGLING PLATE PAINTED BLACK/ BRASS TUBE WITH LIGHT & PLUG EXTENSION PAINTED BLACK/ SMALL EYEPIECE PAINTED BLACK.

Decoration

LEVEL COVERED WITH GREEN VELVET.