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Stadia Hand Transit with Case

Detailed Description

This instrument was manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York & New Jersey, serial #2300. Stadia Hand Transits are made of up a small telescope with cross and stadia hairs and a circular box which serves as either a magnetic compass or clinometer. The company sold these instruments from 1910 until the 1930s.
Object ID: USGS-000349

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.