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- Description
- John Locke (1792-1856) was a graduate of Yale College; a surgeon in the U.S. Navy; a chemist and geologist; an educator who established schools for girls in Lexington, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio; and an inventor. This is the patent model for his surveyor’s transit.
- Ref: John Locke, “Surveyor’s Transit,” U.S. Patent 7,510 (July 16, 1850).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- transit
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1850
- Measurements
- overall: 6 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 17.145 cm x 15.875 cm x 17.145 cm
- overall: 7 5/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 19.3675 cm x 15.5575 cm x 17.145 cm
- ID Number
- PH.308905
- catalog number
- 308905
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 7,510
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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