Clinometer

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OBJECT TYPE: SENSITIVE PENDULUM/POCKET
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1090.001

MANUFACTURER: Keuffel & Esser
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, 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: WOODEN CASE/ BRASS HARDWARE/ GLASS MIRROR & COVER/ METAL PENDULUM & CLINOMETER FACE

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.5 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Harvesting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Keuffel Esser
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED AFTER 1949 AS THIS IS WHEN THE DOMINION FORESTRY BUREAU WAS FORMED (SCRATCHED ON CASE)
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE
Function: TO MEASURE HEIGHT & DETERMINE THE INCLINATION OF A SLOPE
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON FACE: `KEUFFEL & ESSER CO/ NEW YORK/ [CALIBRATIONS 0 TO 100 IN TWO DIRECTIONS - ONE SET RIGHT WAY & SECOND ONE IN MIRROR IMAGE]/ + -'/ SCRATCHED ON CASE: `DFB'
Missing: MIRROR UNATTACHED & MISSING SILVER BACKING/ GLASS ON CLINOMETER HAS BROKEN HOLDING RING/ CATCH ON LID MISSING
Finish: BOX STAINED & VARNISHED/ BLACK MARKINGS
Decoration: N/A

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Keuffel & Esser, Clinometer, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1988.1090, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1090.001/

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