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- OBJECT TYPE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0463.001
- 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
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.8 cm
- Width
- 2.0 cm
- Height
- 1.7 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
ACCORDING TO DONOR THIS LEVEL DATES FROM LATE 1800S, AND WAS USED BY CLAUDE STRATFORD & ARTHUR WILLIAM WHITNEY, CIVIL ENGINEERS DURING EARLY SURVEYING OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY. - Function
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USED TO MEASURE VERTICAL DISTANCE. - Technical
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THIS TYPE OF LEVEL APPEARS IN NUMEROUS TRADE CATALOGUES C.1903-1958 IN THE MUSEUM'S TRADE LITERATURE HOLDINGS. THE SQUARE CASING STYLE ALLOWED THE LEVEL TO BE LAID DIRECTLY ON ANY SURFACE; POCKET LEVELS WERE ALSO MANUFACTURED IN TUBE AND EVEN BINOCULAR FORMS (GURLEY 1903, P.228) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Level, hand, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1980.0463, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1980.0463.001/
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