Theodolite
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1873
name: label: maker
content: Stackpole and Brother
notes: label: Description
content: This is one of ten identical theodolites that Stackpole & Brother made for the U.S. government expeditions to observe the Transit of Venus of 1874. It is serial number 1522.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Astronomy
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0172.13
label: accession number
content: 2005.0172
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0172.13
label: model number
content: 1522
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Theodolite
label: Object Name
content: theodolite
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in x 11 1/4 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm x 28.575 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 11 3/8 in; 29.21 cm x 21.59 cm x 28.8925 cm