Surveyor's Transit Theodolite
date: label: date made
content: 1923
name: label: maker
content: C. L. Berger and Sons
notes: label: Description
content: C. L. Berger and Sons in Boston designed this instrument for use in cities and in bridge and tunnel construction. This example, serial number 14244, was made in 1923 and used by the Clayton Engineering Company in Clayton, Missouri.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Clayton Engineering Company, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0079.01
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0079.01
label: accession number
content: 2009.0079
objectType: label: Object Name
content: transit, surveyor's
label: Object Name
content: transit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in; 33.02 cm
label: Measurements
content: telescope: 11 1/2 in; x 29.21 cm
label: Measurements
content: horizontal circle: 6 1/4 in; x 15.8496 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall weight: 14 lb
label: Measurements
content: wooden box: 10 in x 11 1/4 in x 15 1/4 in; 25.4 cm x 28.575 cm x 38.735 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 15 3/16 in x 10 in x 11 1/4 in; 38.57625 cm x 25.4 cm x 28.575 cm