Telescopic Alidade
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1873-1881
name: label: maker
content: Brosset
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the steel base reads “BROSSET FRES / PARIS.” A paper in the lid of the wooden case reads, in part: “DÉPOT DES FORTIFICATIONS / DÉPOT CENTRAL des INSTRUMENTS de PRÉCISION / INSTRUCTION / POUR L’ALIDADE A LONGUE-VUE / EXECUTÉS PAR BROSSET FRÈRES” and signed C. M. Gouliere, Paris.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.M-12327
label: accession number
content: 281267
label: catalog number
content: M-12327
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Alidade
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.2 cm x 63.5 cm x 20.5 cm; 3 5/8 in x 25 in x 8 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 3 1/2 in x 25 in x 8 in; 8.89 cm x 63.5 cm x 20.32 cm