Circumferentor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1126.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Keuffel & Esser Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 18607
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS/ HAS STEEL NEEDLE AND GLASS FACE COVER/ WOODEN BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE, cellulose nitrate plaque inside lid
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.5 cm
- Width
- 14.5 cm
- Height
- 1.7 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
- New Jersey
- City
- Hoboken
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY BETWEEN 1949 & 1960 AS THIS IS WHEN THE FORESTRY BRANCH EXISTED (SEE MARKINGS)
- Canada
-
USED BY FORESTRY BRANCH IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE DIRECTION OF A LINE FROM A FIXED REFERENCE POINT, ESPECIALLY USEFUL TO SURVEY FORESTED OR OPEN AREAS, WITH FEW ARTIFICIAL LANDMARKS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FACE: `KEUFFEL & ESSER CO/ 18607/ NEW YORK/ E W S/[GRADUATIONS ON RAISED RING 0 TO 90 IN 4 DIRECTIONS]'/ `E823' MARKED ON BACK/ CASE: STENCILLED ON TOP: `FORESTRY/ BRANCH'/ PLAQUE INSIDE: `KEUFFEL & ESSER CO./ NEW YORK./ ST. LOUIS. CHICAGO/ SAN FRANCISCO'/ LABEL INSIDE LID: `KEUFFEL & ESSER CO./ MANUFACTURERS OF DRAWING MATERIALS &/ SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS./ GENERAL OFFICE & FACTORIES HOBOKEN, N.J./ PARENT HOUSE./ 127 FULTON ST., N.Y./ No 5302/ SERIAL 18607/ BRANCHES: [ADDRESSES OF ABOVE US CITIES] 252 NOTRE DAME ST. W., MONTREAL, CAN.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- FLEUR-DE-LYS FOR NORTH DESIGNATION ON COMPASS
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Keuffel & Esser Co., Circumferentor, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.1126, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1126.001/
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