Level
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Riley Root, “Level,” U.S. Patent 26,621 (Dec. 27, 1859). Riley Root (1795-1870) was a teacher, surveyor, inventor, and early settler of Illinois. This brass surveyor’s level has an arc with a 3-inch radius, and is graduated by degrees. The inscription reads "Riley Root."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.308913
label: catalog number
content: 308913
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 26,621
objectType: label: Object Name
content: level
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 14 in x 4 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 35.56 cm x 10.795 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 14 in x 4 1/8 in; 12.7 cm x 35.56 cm x 10.4775 cm