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Case of Surveying Instruments
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Surveying Instrument
  • Object, Surveying Equipment
  • Other, Tools & implements
  • circa 1808
Case of Surveying Instruments
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-3413
Type:
  • Object, Surveying Instrument
Subject:
  • Object, Surveying Equipment
  • Other, Tools & implements
Date:
  • circa 1808
Description:
Used by Salem Town, surveyor, to survey Mount Desert Island. Small black case lined with printed paper. Contains nine sections for surveying instruments. Case contains - brass protractor, 2 brass dividers, 3 unidentified instruments. Hinged top broken and reattached with string. NOTE: by 2005, there appeared to be only 5 instruments in the case.