Clinometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ABNEY LEVEL
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1106.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Keuffel & Esser Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- LEATHER CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE/ BRASS, STEEL & GLASS LEVEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 2.5 cm
- Height
- 6.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Keuffel Esser
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE THE PERCENT OF SLOPE OR GRADE & TO MEASURE THE DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION IN FT. FOR EACH CHAIN OF HORIZONTAL DISTANCE.FORESTERS USE DEVICE TO DETERMINE HEIGHT GROWTH OF TREES, AND TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF LOGS PER TREE OF MERCHANTABLE TIMBER. - Technical
-
THE LONG SIGHTING TUBE & LARGE BUBBLE LESSEN EYE STRAIN & GIVE GREATER STEADINESS TO THE INSTRUMENT/ THE RADIUS OF THE GRADUATED ARC IS ABOUT 75 PERCENT GREATER THAN THE ORDINARY ABNEY LEVEL/ THE WIDE SPACES BETWEEN THEGRADUATIONS MAKE THE USE OF A VERNIER UNNECESSARY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON ARC: `KEUFFEL & ESSER CO./ PERCENT/ [GRADUATIONS FORM 0 TO 150 IN TWO DIRECTIONS]/ TOPOGRAPHIC/ [GRADUATIONS FROM 0 TO 100 IN TWO DIRECTIONS]'/ ON CASE: `K&E CO' EMBOSSED ON FLAP
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BROWN CASE/ BLACK CRINKLE FINISH ON LEVEL SIGHTING TUBE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Keuffel & Esser Co., Clinometer, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1988.1106, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1106.001/
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