Sight
- Object Name:
- Sight
- Object ID:
- 1956.005 e
- Date:
- 1800-1850
- Description:
- Wooden hair-line sighting frame (fits both goniometers, 1956.005 a-b). Sighting arms are rectangular, with beveled edges on one side, and larger feet where they connect to the base. Base is rectangular overall, with mirrored cutouts either side of center. Frame pegged together through sides, button-head pegs on bottom. Small hole in center of base for attachment to goniometer.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-1 L-11.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Used to survey the line between New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts in 1825.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Goniometer, Surveying equipment, Surveying
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