Tripod
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Split leg/Johnson's movement
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1554.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Gurley, W. & L.E.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Troy, New York, 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
- Wooden legs/ Steel feet/ Brass/ Bronze top mount including hardware/ White metal chain/ Aluminium top.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 125.5 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 14.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Survey equipment
- 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
- This one c.1971-1972
- Canada
-
Used in Canada. - Function
-
Object on which one securely mounts a surveying instrument at a desired height. Possibly a plane table. - Technical
-
The tripod has a Johnson's plane table movement. The movement was patended by W.D. Johnson May 3, 1887 & has been largely used by topographers (REF.1) [For description of movement see REF.1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Moulded in top mount: 'W. & L.E. GURLEY TROY, N.Y., U.S.A.'/ Handwritten on top: 'PT 14'
- Missing
- None
- Finish
- Varnished wood/ Top mount painted black/ Feet painted black.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Gurley, W. & L.E., Tripod, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1992.1554, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1554.001/
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