Tripod
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Split leg
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0677.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Puddefoot, Bowers & Simonett Ltd.
- MODEL
- III
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wooden legs/brass platform and leg hinges/canvas carrying strap.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.0 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 120.0 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
- Puddefoot
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Probably used in Canada. - Function
-
Object on which one securely mounts a surveying instrument at a desired height. - Technical
-
Type sample. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 'PUDDEFOOT, BOWERS & SIMONETT LTD./LONDON/1940', and 'STAND, LAMP OR HELIO A Mk III' incised on metal casing at top of one leg/.2 'P.B. & S. LTD. 1940', and 'STAND [----]A MLIII' incised on metal casing at top of one leg/Smallarrow, pointing to head, stamped into each leg.
- Missing
- None
- Finish
- Legs stained brown/brass is painted black.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Puddefoot, Bowers & Simonett Ltd., Tripod, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1985.0677, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0677.001/
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