Surveyors Transit

Object/Artifact

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Museum Of American Heritage

Name/Title

Surveyors Transit

Entry/Object ID

1000.1303.9

Description

Transit, Surveyors

Made/Created

Manufacturer

A. Lietz & Co.

Notes

possible date made: Pat. 1896 where made: San Francisco, CA model name: Cyclotomic Transit w/Solar Attachment

Material

Brass

Color

Black

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

curated description

Label

Surveyor's Transit Leitz & Co., San Francisco, CA Pat. 1896 This Cyclotomic Transit is designed to compromise between a single-axis and double-axis transit. The design of this transit works to make the tool more compact and portable than a double-axis transit.

General Notes

Note

In original wood case, original labels, Rare, appraised value*.