5 Meter Bar
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content: William Eimbeck (1841-1909) came from Germany to the United States at an early age, became a civil engineer in St. Louis, and spent 35 years on the staff of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. Among his notable achievements was the development of a duplex base bar, one part steel and one part brass. This 5-meter bar (No. 16) is of that sort. The Coast & Geodetic Survey transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1914.
label: Description
content: W. Eimbeck, “Report on the Measurement of the Salt Lake Base Line in Utah,” pp. 757-758 in the Report of the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1897.
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content: “William Eimbeck,” Science 30 (July 9, 1909): 48-50.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.285235
label: accession number
content: 57456
label: catalog number
content: 285235
objectType: label: Object Name
content: base bar (5 meter)