Base for Surveyor's Transit
notes: label: Description
content: William Mogey began his career in the optics and astronomy industry in New York in 1882 and was joined by his brother David in 1888. The firm moved to larger premises in Bayonne, N.J., in 1893, and remained there until 1911. The inscription on this base for a surveyor’s transit reads “W. & D. MOGEY. BAYONNE, N.J. 350.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.337070
label: catalog number
content: 337070
label: accession number
content: 1979.0266
objectType: label: Object Name
content: base for surveyor's transit
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 9 in x 8 1/8 in; 12.7 cm x 22.86 cm x 20.6375 cm