Surveyor's chain with thermometer and spirit level, 1860-1890

Made:: 1860-1890 in Europe

maker:: J M Drummond

Surveyor's steel surveying chain fitted with mercury

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Surveyor's steel surveying chain fitted with mercury
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Surveyor's steel surveying chain fitted with mercury thermometer and spirit level, patented by J. M. Drummond, Brooklyn, New York, USA in 1859.

Details

Category:: Surveying

Object Number:: 1956-107

Materials:: steel (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), nickel silver (nickel, copper, zinc alloy), glass, mercury and alcohol

Measurements:: overall: 35 mm x 245 mm x 140 mm, .265kg

type:: surveying chain

credit:: Andrade, J.F.da C.

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