Measuring Tape
name: label: maker
content: W. & L. E. Gurley
notes: label: Description
content: The U.S. Geological Survey was organized in 1879 and transferred this long steel tape to the Smithsonian in 1907. The wooden frame is inscribed "W. & L. E. GURLEY, TROY, N.Y." in block letters. The original ends of the tape are missing. Gurley termed this a steel ribbon bridge tape with handle and reel.
label: Description
content: Ref: W. & L. E. Gurley, <i>A Manual of the Principal Instruments Used in American Engineering and Surveying</i> (Troy, N.Y., 1905), p. 278.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Troy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.247949
label: catalog number
content: 247949
label: accession number
content: 47736
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Measuring Tape
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 24.13 cm x 24.13 cm