AGA EDM (Geodimeter Model 8)
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content: AGA
notes: label: Description
content: The Geodimeter Model 8, introduced in 1967, is a long-distance geodetic instrument with a helium-neon laser and transistorized circuitry. It used a 12-volt battery, weighed 51 lb., and cost about $16,000. It was assembled in Paramus, N.J., but the components were made in Sweden. This example is marked "AGA CORPORATION GEODIMETER MODULATION SYSTEM BJERHAMMER Model 8 no. 81008 MADE IN U.S.A." It belonged to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and was probably used on the trans-continental traverse, a precise measurement of the length and width of the United States.
label: Description
content: Ref: AGA, <i>Geodimeter Model 8 Operating Manual</i>.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Sweden: Stockholm, Stockholm
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: AGA. Geodimeter Model 8 Operating Manual
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geodetic Survey Division
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0395.06
label: accession number
content: 1986.0395
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0395.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: EDM
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 13 in x 22 in; 26.67 cm x 33.02 cm x 55.88 cm