Surveyor's Chain
Surveyor's Chain
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- Description
- Half-Gunter chain with 50 iron links measuring 33 feet overall, and four brass tags. It was probably used in North America.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Surveyor's Chain
- Measurements
- wire: 1/8 in;.29972 cm
- overall: 33 in; 83.82 cm
- overall, bundled: 2 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in x 4 in; 6.985 cm x 24.13 cm x 10.16 cm
- ID Number
- PH.388994.03
- accession number
- 182022
- catalog number
- 388994.03
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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