Wye Level
date: label: date made
content: ca 1873
name: label: maker
content: Stackpole and Brother
notes: label: Description
content: This level, with a "STACKPOLE & BROTHER, NEW YORK 1490" inscription, probably dates from the early 1870s when the firm was making various instruments for the expeditions that would view the 1874 transit of Venus.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Surveying and Geodesy
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Naval Observatory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.336601
label: maker number
content: 1490
label: catalog number
content: 336601
label: accession number
content: 283654
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surveyor's level
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 5/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 15 9/16 in; 24.4475 cm x 14.2875 cm x 39.52875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in x 15 5/8 in; 24.13 cm x 14.9225 cm x 39.6875 cm