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- OBJECT TYPE
- GUNTER'S/100 LINKS
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1164.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL RODS/ BRASS HANDLES & TELLERS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-distance
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE DISTANCE IN LAND SURVEYING IN CHAINS - Technical
-
DEVELOPED BY EDMUND GUNTER (1581-1626) AS AN ACCURATE MEANS OF MEASURING LONG DISTANCES. EACH CHAIN LINK WAS THE SAME LENGTH SO RELATIVE UNIFORMITY IN MEASURING WAS POSSIBLE. COULD BE USED TO MEASURE FROM EITHER END OF CHAIN. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED IN EACH HANDLE: '4P'
- Missing
- STRAP FOR HOLDING CHAINS TOGETHER WHEN NOT IN USE
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Chain, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.1164, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1164.001/
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