Rule, plotting elevation

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OBJECT TYPE: PHOTOGRAMMETRIC PLOTTER
DATE: 1968–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.1374.007

MANUFACTURER: Wild Heerbrugg
MODEL: 1: 6000
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 7
Total Parts: 11
AKA: glass scale
Patents: N/A
General Description: clear glass

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 14.0 cm
Width: 2.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Exploration and Survey
Category: Photogrammetry
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Wild
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: presumably c. 1970s- early 1990s.
Canada: Accessory for Wild B8/ BS8 plotter, one of several models of photogrammetric plotter used by NRCan's Mapping Branch.
Function: To establish the plotting scale to be used when mapping.
Technical: Example of precisely ruled glass scale of type used with photogrammetric plotter. This scale would have been part of Group IV scale set: it is housed with assorted scales from various scale sets.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "1: 6000/ feet" and scale etched into glass. "6000 FT" printed by hand in lead pencil on one long side edge; markings printed by hand on rule end are illegible.
Missing: None: scale is complete in itself.
Finish: Clear glass rule bears black markings.
Decoration: N/A

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Wild Heerbrugg, Rule, plotting elevation, circa 1968–1970, Artifact no. 2004.1374, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1374.007/

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