Geodetic Transit
date: label: date made
content: 1870s
name: label: maker
content: Stackpole & Brother
notes: label: Description
content: This transit instrument came from Gettysburg College, and was probably purchased for the astronomical observatory opneed in 1874. The inscription reads “STACKPOLE & BROTHER / NEW YORK / 1588.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gettysburg College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.318446
label: catalog number
content: 318446
label: accession number
content: 235480
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geodetic transit
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 76 cm x 60 cm x 41 cm; 29 29/32 in x 23 5/8 in x 16 5/32 in