Odometer
date: label: date made
content: late nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Established in 1879, the U.S. Geological Survey tested distance measurers to see which best suited their purposes. Those that failed muster were sent to the Smithsonian in 1907. This odometer is one of those instruments. It is worked by hand, the operator depressing a lever at each revolution of a wagon wheel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: PH.247963
label: catalog number
content: 247963
label: accession number
content: 47736
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hand recorder
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in x 3 in; 1.905 cm x 5.3975 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 3/16 in x 3 in; 2.54 cm x 5.55625 cm x 7.62 cm