Tripod
- Object Name:
- Tripod
- Object ID:
- 1956.005 c
- Date:
- circa 1825
- Description:
- Surveyor's tripod. Wood. Stiff legs. Brass ball in wooden, metal-lined socket head, 2.6" diam., which has been bored to receive wooden screws (missing) to hold ball stationary. Legs of tripod hinged on small wooden pegs.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- L-58.5 Dia-3 inches
- Provenance:
- Used to survey the line between New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts in 1825.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Tripods, Surveying equipment, Surveying
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