Tilting Level
name: label: maker
content: Bate, Robert Brettell
notes: label: Description
content: This somewhat unusual instrument has a micrometer screw at one end, to be used for fine adjustment, and its telescope has the same diameter from one end to the other. The “Bate London” inscription refers to Robert Brettell Bate, an instrument maker who was active during the first half of the 19th century.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London, City of London
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.319793.2
label: accession number
content: 239772
label: catalog number
content: 319793.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: level
label: Object Name
content: tilting level
label: Object Name
content: surveyor's level
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 33 cm x 13 cm; 2 3/4 in x 13 in x 5 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: telescope: 12 in; 30.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: level vial: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm