Surveyor's Slide Rule
Unknown Makerabout 1830
Reworked brass sector with arms brazed shut, inset wood scales, with brass sliding rod calibrated on both sides, hand-lettered paper strips attacked to front and back, marked "stadia scale" on front
Overall: 12 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (31.8 × 3.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.74
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Classification
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Surveying
Not on view
Provenance
Found in the attic of the Thayer School of Engineering, possibly from the Chandler School; transferred by Dean William Kimball to the Dartmouth College Museum, June 17, 1960; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2007.
Old Number
Dartmouth College Museum no. 160.30.18787
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