Dumpy Level with Compass
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1850
name: label: maker
content: Davis, Gabriel
notes: label: Description
content: This surveyor's instrument was made by Gabriel Davis (d. 1851), a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria who settled in Leeds and who, by 1830, was in business as an optical and mathematical instrument maker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Leeds
label: Associated Place
content: United Kingdom: England, Leeds
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Bern Dibner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0182.5
label: accession number
content: 2005.0182
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0182.5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surveyor's Level
label: Object Name
content: level
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26.5 cm x 18 cm x 46.5 cm; 10 7/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 18 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in x 7 in; 26.67 cm x 44.45 cm x 17.78 cm