Cox Stadia Computer
date: label: date made
content: after 1899
name: label: advertiser
content: W. & L. E. Gurley
label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Celluloid, circular slide rule for determining elevation measurements to be used with transit telescopes. It is a flat, square panel with dial attached over the center. An image of a telescope appears in black and white on the reverse. It is an advertisement for W. & L. E. Gurley, "Makers of Civil Engineers and Surveyors Instruments," a company established in 1845.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: referenced
content: United States: New York, Troy
topic: label: Subject
content: Surveying
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0524
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0524
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculating rule
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 cm x 15 cm; 5 7/8 in x 5 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/16 in x 5 13/16 in x 5 13/16 in; .15875 cm x 14.76375 cm x 14.76375 cm