Tripod
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Split-leg
- DATE
- 1911
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0573.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wooden legs/brass head/metal feet/leather binding strap.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.5 cm
- Width
- 12.5 cm
- Height
- 152.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Survey equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Used in Canada. - Function
-
Object on which one securely mounts a surveying instrument at a desired height. In this case, the tripod was used to support E.R. Watts & Son transit1985.0572.001. - Technical
-
Type sample. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Handwritten markings found on a piece of masking tape affixed to one of the legs reads: 'FOR TRANSIT #2 **/ S/N 3815'. Also, '73 A' is written (in red ink) on the side of each leg.
- Missing
- None evident.
- Finish
- Wood is varnished. Head and feet painted black.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Tripod, before 1911, Artifact no. 1985.0573, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0573.001/
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