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Surveying Transit with Tripod and Case

Object/Artifact

Surveying equipment. Brass surveyor's transit with wooden tripod and wooden case. Sold by McAllister & Brothers, Philadelphia.

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81.103.7a-c

A transit level is an optical instrument, or a telescope, complete with a built-in spirit level that is mounted on a tripod. Transit levels are used mainly for surveying and construction, but they can be used to determine the relative position of lines and objects as well.

Genesee Country Village and Museum

McAllister & Brothers

1865

19th Century

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania

United States of America

North America

Other Number

81.103.7.a-c

3

1 transit (81.103.7a), 1 tripod (81.103.7b), 1 case (81.103.7c)

Wood

Brass

Glass

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