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Surveying tripod and stick
Surveying tripod and stick

Surveying tripod and stick

Location where usedVermont, United States
MediumWood, metal, leather
ClassificationsMeasuring Devices
Credit LineGift of Rollin C. Miles
Object number1935.4.2
DescriptionTripod and pointed stick with brass fitting, wrapped in leather. Chain is pin-like, links approximately 18 cm long.

Initials "E.F.P." (or D.P.P. ?) handwritten inside lid. Wooden case, covered in snakeskin (?) and lined with newspaper. Contains a wooden rule of some kind that folds in half with a brass hinge and another that is one piece, a brass protractor, and two broken brass tools.
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