Theodolite
name: label: maker
content: August Lingke & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The horizontal circle of this theodolite is beveled, silvered graduated to 20 minutes, and read by opposite verniers to single minutes. The vertical circle is silvered graduated to 20 minutes and read by opposite verniers to single minutes. The inscription reads "AUGUST LINGKE & CO / FREIBERG IN SA / No. 4265".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Saxony, Freiberg
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Surveying and Geodesy
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0300.02.01
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0300.02.01
label: accession number
content: 2001.0300
objectType: label: Object Name
content: theodolite
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 12 in x 8 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 30.48 cm x 21.59 cm x 22.225 cm
label: Measurements
content: body: 9 in x 6 in x 5 in; 22.86 cm x 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 12 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 32.385 cm x 21.59 cm x 22.225 cm