Alidade
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STRAIGHT EDGE/GRADUATED/FOLDING
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1178.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Gurley, W. & L.E.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Troy, New York, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- LEATHER CASE/ BRASS ALIDADE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.5 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 1.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Gurley
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Troy
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY THIS ONE BETWEEN 1949-1960 AS THIS IS WHEN THE FORESTRY BRANCH EXISTED (SEE MARKINGS).
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA BY THE PETAWWA NATIONAL FORESTRY INST. TO PLOT MAPS OF AREAS BEING CULTIVATED AS TEST PLOTS - Function
-
USED AS A SIGHTING DEVICE TO PLOT A POINT ON A MAP OR TO CREATE A MAP, USUALLY ON A PLANE TABLE - Technical
-
SIMPLE FORM OF ALIDADE USED TRHOUGH MUCH OF THE 19TH AND FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURIES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON TOP OF ALIDADE: 'W. & L.E. GURLEY, TROY, N.Y.'/ RULE GRADUATED FROM '0' TO '9'/ SCRATCHED ON BACK: 'Forestry Branch'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BROWN LEATHER/ BLACK GLOSS PAINT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Gurley, W. & L.E., Alidade, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.1178, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1178.001/
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