Tripod
notes: label: Description
content: The inscriptions on the leg clamps of this wooden tripod read "W. & L.E. Gurley Troy, N. Y." and "Patented July 2, 1878."
label: Description
content: Ref: W. & L. E. Gurley, “Improvement in Tripods for Surveying-Instruments,” U.S. Patent 205,481 (July 2, 1878).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U. S. Geological Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.248698.02
label: catalog number
content: 248698.02
label: accession number
content: 48341
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tripod
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 in x 3 1/2 in; 86.36 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: adjustable to: 57 in; 144.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: weight:;
label: Measurements
content: overall, folded: 36 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 92.075 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm