Waywiser
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Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Transfer from U.S. Geological Survey
- late nineteenth century
- ID Number
- PH.247953
- catalog number
- 247953
- accession number
- 47736
- Object Name
- Waywiser
- Waywiser
- Measurements
- overall: waywiser: 32 in x 63 in x 21 in; 81.28 cm x 160.02 cm x 53.34 cm
- 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
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Surveying and Geodesy
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_761614
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6c2d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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