Surveyor's Level
name: label: maker
content: Dollond, George
notes: label: Description
content: This level probably dates from the first half of the 19th century when this form—with a magnetic compass mounted below the telescope—was in use. An inscription on the side reads "HIBERNIAN MINING COMPANY."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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: Francis D. Shoemaker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.309825A
label: accession number
content: 109599
label: catalog number
content: 309825A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: level
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: telescope: 11 in; 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: compass needle: 3 13/32 in; 8.636 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; level: 6 13/16 in x 4 1/8 in x 11 7/8 in; 17.30375 cm x 10.4775 cm x 30.1625 cm