Wye Level
Object Details
- A.S. Aloe and Company
- Blunt and Company
- Description
- The inscription on this wye level reads "A. S. Aloe Maker St. Louis No. 69 Blunt & Co. N. Y.” A. S. Aloe did sell optical and mathematical instruments, but there is no evidence that he could or did make them. Blunt & Co., which was in business under this name from 1869 to 1874, probably did make instruments of this sort.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- PH.335533
- catalog number
- 335533
- accession number
- 321714
- Object Name
- wye level
- Measurements
- overall: 8 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 16 3/16 in; 22.5425 cm x 11.43 cm x 41.11625 cm
- overall: 9 in x 5 in x 18 3/8 in; 22.86 cm x 12.7 cm x 46.6725 cm
- place made
- United States: Missouri, St. Louis
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Surveying and Geodesy
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_748617
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-9ced-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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