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Wye Level

Catalogue number:
PH*336601

Inscriptions:
"STACKPOLE & BROTHER, NEW YORK 1490"

Dimensions:
telescope 15.5 inches long

Discussion:
Stackpole & Brother made this level for the United States Naval Observatory. It probably dates from the early 1870s, when Stackpole was making various instruments for the upcoming transit of Venus.

Further Information:

Level
Stackpole

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