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- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1019
- Description
- Square metal marker with small round hole in middle. Original red paint has faded to pink. Written on one side: “VAUX. No. 5. 1899.” Note found with metal marker reads: “One of the original plates laid out on the Illecillewaet Glacier in 1899 to measure the rate of flow. - George Vaux Jr. “
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- Title
- Metal Marker
- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- Square metal marker with small round hole in middle. Original red paint has faded to pink. Written on one side: “VAUX. No. 5. 1899.” Note found with metal marker reads: “One of the original plates laid out on the Illecillewaet Glacier in 1899 to measure the rate of flow. - George Vaux Jr. “
- Subject
- Vaux family
- photography
- glaciology
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1019
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Survey Micrometer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.48.1003
- Date
- 1895 – 1940
- Material
- metal; wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.1003
- Description
- Brass tube has a scale marked on both sides of an opening which has a sliding adjustable marker. 4.0 dia. lens one end, other end has a pullout extension. Inscribed on this shaft in script is "Docteur Arthur Chevalier Opt. 158 Palais Royal Paris". Fitted box made of wood has a keyhole and two me…
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- Title
- Survey Micrometer
- Date
- 1895 – 1940
- Material
- metal; wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 45.0 cm
- Description
- Brass tube has a scale marked on both sides of an opening which has a sliding adjustable marker. 4.0 dia. lens one end, other end has a pullout extension. Inscribed on this shaft in script is "Docteur Arthur Chevalier Opt. 158 Palais Royal Paris". Fitted box made of wood has a keyhole and two metal latch closures.
- Credit
- Gift of Edgar A. Korner, Tamarac, USA, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.1003
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Surveyor Chain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.44.1014
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1014
- Description
- Metal surveyor’s chain tied with leather belt. Chain is very rusty.
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- Title
- Surveyor Chain
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 9.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Metal surveyor’s chain tied with leather belt. Chain is very rusty.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1014
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