Surveyor's Chain (Metric)
name: label: maker
content: W. & L. E. Gurley
notes: label: Description
content: This chain bears the inscription “W. & L. E. GURLEY TROY, N.Y." and "10 M STEEL No. 12.” Gurley began making metric chains in the 1870s, later explaining that the French meter was "very generally used as a standard in South America." This example has 50 links made of No. 12 steel wire, brass handles and tallies, and measures 10 meters overall. The links and rings are brazed shut.
label: Description
content: Ref: W. & L. E. Gurley, <i>Manual of the Principal Instruments Used in American Engineering and Surveying</i> (Troy, N.Y., 1878), p. 9.
label: Description
content: W. & L. E. Gurley, <i>Manual of the Principal Instruments Used in American Engineering and Surveying</i> (Troy, N.Y., 1893), p. 254.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Troy
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Metric System
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content: Surveying and Geodesy
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content: Measuring & Mapping
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: W. & L. E. Gurley. Manual of the Prinicipal Instruments Used in American Engineering and Surveying; 23rd Edition
label: Related Publication
content: W. & L. E. Gurley. Manual of the Prinicipal Instruments Used in American Engineering and Surveying; 30th Edition
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gurley Historical Services
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0280.02
label: accession number
content: 1994.0280
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0280.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surveyor's chain (metric)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in x 6 in; 6.35 cm x 24.13 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, bundled: 2 in x 10 in x 5 in; 5.08 cm x 25.4 cm x 12.7 cm