Laser Level
date: label: Date made
content: 1985
name: label: maker
content: Spectra-Physics Scanning Systems, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Lasers have proven very useful in the construction industry. One example is this Spectra-Physics model 910 "LaserLevel" made in the early 1980s. In use, a construction worker attached the unit to a tripod and adjusted it so that it was nearly parallel to the ground. The level automatically completed the adjustment process when activated, and then emitted a beam of infrared light from a rotating head. The worker then moved to where-ever a measurement was needed and used a special laser detector to complete the task.
label: Description
content: The "LaserLevel" self-adjusted if bumped slightly and completely shut off if bumped too much. The level operated automatically so it allowed one person to do work of two, resulting in cost savings since fewer assistants were needed.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Laser
label: Subject
content: Surveying
label: Subject
content: Building & Architecture
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Lasers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Spectra Physics Scanning Systems Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0417.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0417
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0417.01
label: model number
content: 910
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surveying level
label: Object Name
content: laser level
label: Object Name
content: laser
label: Other Terms
content: surveying level; Lasers and Masers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (windows material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part material)
label: Measurements
content: open: 18 in x 10 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 45.72 cm x 26.035 cm x 26.67 cm