Case of Surveying Instruments
Object ID:
995.4.4
Catalog:
Objects
Title:
Case of Surveying Instruments
Type:
Object, Surveying Instrument
Subject:
Object, Surveying Equipment
Other, Tools & implements
Description:
Used by Salem Town, surveyor, to survey Mount Desert Island. Small black case lined with printed paper. Contains nine sections for surveying instruments. Case contains - brass protractor, 2 brass dividers, 3 unidentified instruments. Hinged top broken and reattached with string. NOTE: by 2005, there appeared to be only 5 instruments in the case.
Date:
circa 1808
PastPerfect:
Citation
“Case of Surveying Instruments,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed December 26, 2024, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/3047.Item 3413