Surveyor's Pins (3)
notes: label: Description
content: Surveyors measuring the length of a line used pins to keep track of the number of chains they had used. These three wooden pins were probably used for that purpose.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.337240
label: accession number
content: 1979.0768
label: catalog number
content: 337240
objectType: label: Object Name
content: taping pins
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: average: 9 7/8 in x 10 mm; 25.0825 cm x 13/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: smallest pin: 9 1/8 in x 7/16 in x 5/16 in; 23.1775 cm x 1.11125 cm x .79375 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: largest pin: 10 13/16 in x 7/16 in x 5/16 in; 27.46375 cm x 1.11125 cm x .79375 cm