Waywiser
date: label: date made
content: late nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: This waywiser--an instrument used to measure distances--has a counter attached to the axle instead of the customary dial. The box behind the wheel can be used to hold supplies. The U. S. Geological Survey was established in 1879, and transferred this instrument to the Smithsonian in 1907.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: Transfer from U.S. Geological Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.247953
label: catalog number
content: 247953
label: accession number
content: 47736
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Waywiser
label: Object Name
content: Waywiser
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: waywiser: 32 in x 63 in x 21 in; 81.28 cm x 160.02 cm x 53.34 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: rod: 1 5/8 in x 27 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 69.215 cm x 4.1275 cm