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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0717.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FOSTER, J.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.7 cm
- Width
- 10.3 cm
- Height
- 17.5 cm
- 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
- FOSTER
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THIS LEVEL WAS OWNED BY JOHN MCLATCHIE, D.L.S. (1842-1908), WHO CONDUCTED SURVEYS IN QUEBEC, ONTARIO, AND MOST PARTS OF WESTERN CANADA. IN 1893 HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DOMINION LAND SURVEYORS; THE FOLLOWING YEAR HE WORKED AT PASSAMAQUODDY BAY, NB IN CONNECTION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY SURVEY. - Function
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USED TO MEASURE VERTICAL DISTANCE. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF A COMMON SURVEYOR'S LEVEL. GRAVATT'S DUMPY LEVEL, WITH ITS SECOND TRANSVERSELY MOUNTED BUBBLE, AND IMPROVED OPTICAL CAPABILITIES, LARGELY REPLACED THIS STYLE OF LEVEL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- CROSS HAIRS DAMAGED. RACK & PINNION ADJUSTMENT OF OBJECTIVE LENS BROKEN. SOME CORROSION BELOWLEVELLING SCREWS ON PLATE.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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FOSTER, J., Level, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1978.0717, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1978.0717.001/
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