Alidade
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STRAIGHT EDGE/FOLDING
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0684.001
- MANUFACTURER
- R.E. CO.
- MODEL
- II
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Entire alidade made of metal/wooden carrying case with leather carrying straps with brass buckles.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 47.5 cm
- Width
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-direction
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RE
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
This type of alidade is convenient for sighting details while sketches are being made. Used with plane table. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'R.E. CO/MK.II' incised on alidade.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Chemically treated to produce black colour on metal/wood is varnished/leather is brown.
- Decoration
- N/A
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R.E. CO., Alidade, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1985.0684, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0684.001/
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