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Instruments
Description
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A selection of instruments used by the Dominion Land Surveyors of Canada.
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Ruler
Description
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Brass parallel rule, used to draw parallel lines to scale. It is slightly longer and heavier than average. It has degree notches as well as compass directions marked on it. The fleur de lis symbol replaces the "N" for north.
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H.S. Crabtree ltd.
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manufactured circa 1900-1940
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Compass - Front View
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Material Composition: brass, glass
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"<a title="The History of Brass" href="https://metals.about.com/od/properties/a/The-History-Of-Brass.htm" target="_blank">Brass</a> casing, including cover; glass window; circle graduated on silver. Jewelled or glass centre in pivot cap".
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, Artifact Context Report dated 28/01/2015
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, researched for UOttawa Seminar HIS4135C, Jessica Ozorak and Carine Trazo.
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Compass - Aerial View
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872108
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Serial number corresponding to its organization within the collection of the Museum of Science and Technology.
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, Artifact Context Report dated 28/01/2015
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, researched for UOttawa Seminar HIS4135C, Jessica Ozorak and Carine Trazo.
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Compass - Side View
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View of the needle lock lever
Description
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This feature is important to ensure the reading accuracy of the compass. <a title="Geary, Don. Using a Map and Compass. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1995, p17-21." href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=5ZMkb-Pv7UMC&lpg=PP1&dq=Using%20a%20Map%20and%20Compass&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=Using%20a%20Map%20and%20Compass&f=false" target="_blank">One can damp the compass needle so that it comes to a complete stop. The process of damping involves the use of a needle lock lever (sometimes refer to as stopper), located on its side, in the form of small pin that is depressed to lift the compass needle off the pivot point. </a>
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, researched for UOttawa Seminar HIS4135C, Jessica Ozorak and Carine Trazo.
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Compass - View from the back
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Hinges
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In order to protect its glass surface, the compass is equipped with a brass cover on hinges. As the instrument was presumably meant for nomadic surveyors or travelers, the brass cover would have been important to protect the functions of the instrument whilst in movement.
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, researched for UOttawa Seminar HIS4135C, Jessica Ozorak and Carine Trazo.
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Compass - Face
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Inscriptions
Description
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According to the print, this compass was made in France. Based on its design and the years it was used in Canada (circa 1875), the Collignon-Houlliot compass manufacturer most likely manufactured this model. This company was known to export to Great-Britain and to the United-States. As such, British surveyors could have brought these compasses to British North-America upon performing their first surveys. The compass could have also been given to Dominion Land surveyors directly either by the manufacturer itself, by the British, or by the Americans.
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, researched for UOttawa Seminar HIS4135C, Jessica Ozorak and Carine Trazo.
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Compass - Provenance
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History
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The compass was collected by Ms. W. Mary Grey in 1987. It was donated by Mrs. Shakespeare who claims it belonged to J. Herbert Kerr who was surveying in Western Canada in the late 1800s.
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, Artifact Context Report dated 28/01/2015
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, researched for UOttawa Seminar HIS4135C, Jessica Ozorak and Carine Trazo.
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Winterization
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Surveying in a Northern climate
Description
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As was discovered by looking through mapping, surveying, and draughting instrument catalogue used by the Canadian army throughout the First World War, the purpose of the "diaphragm" on this compass is to "winterize" it. That is to say protect it from water and ice from forming inside the compass. While surveying in a northern environment, the cover of this instrument served to protect the glass from scratching and cracking thus enabling water and ice to form on the compass' face.
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Photo taken by Jessica Ozorak at Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, ON.
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Canadian Armed Forces, "Canadian Army Manuel of Materiel: supply class 6675: draughting, surveying, and mapping instruments, 1965," Ottawa, Queen's Printer 1965.
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Made in France
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Markings
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The <a title="The Law Relating to the Merchandise Marks Act 1887 to 1894" href="https://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/MOML?af=RN&ae=F451479917&srchtp=a&ste=14" target="_blank">UK Merchandise Marks Act</a> came to in 1887, this act required every item be labelled by a trade description. “The expression ‘trade description’ means any description, statement, or other indication, direct or indirect. b) as to the place or country in which any goods were made or produced’ This act protected against fraud. Thus, the fact that this compass has this marking indicated it was definitely made after 1887.
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, researched for UOttawa Seminar HIS4135C, Jessica Ozorak and Carine Trazo.
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Trade in Europe
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UK and France
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It is peculiar that the marking on this compass has the English inscription<a title="The Law Relating to the Merchandise Marks Act 1887 to 1894" href="https://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/MOML?af=RN&ae=F451479917&srchtp=a&ste=14" target="_blank"> "Made in France"</a>. This is because the <a title="Collignon-Houlliot" href="https://compassmuseum.com/pocket/pocket_2.htm#HOULLIOT">Houlliot</a> company was producing compasses and instruments for many countries, notably Germany, Russia, and the UK. The latter who would undoubtedly be using these instruments in its North American colonies during the Victorian era.
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, researched for UOttawa Seminar HIS4135C, Jessica Ozorak and Carine Trazo.
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Closed Lid/Cover
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, researched for UOttawa Seminar HIS4135C, Jessica Ozorak and Carine Trazo.
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Instruments
Description
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A selection of instruments used by the Dominion Land Surveyors of Canada.
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Pocket Compass
Subject
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Compass believed to have belonged to J. Herbert Kerr. Used for Surveying in Western Canada in 1875.
Description
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"<a title="The History of Brass" href="https://metals.about.com/od/properties/a/The-History-Of-Brass.htm" target="_blank">Brass</a> pocket compass with hinged cover & ring. Fitted with needle stopper activated by sliding bar; double-pointed bar blued at N-end and red glass or jewelled centre in pivot point cap. Includes declination needle, which may be set by rotating casing back. (N.B: stopper bar point tip extends through casing wall & is exposed - quick stop function?)".<br /><br />Lacquered Brass case; glass cover has bevelled edge & brushed silver compass face. Compass needle blued at N-End; central mounting disk & declination needle chemically treated.<br /><br />Declination Needle has elongated diamond-shaped pointer & broard 3-pointed fan-like end.<br /><br /><a title="The Law Relating to the Merchandise Marks Act 1887 to 1894" href="https://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/MOML?af=RN&ae=F451479917&srchtp=a&ste=14" target="_blank">'Made/in/France'</a> stamped on compass face, near 'S'/'C' stamped inside compass case cover, above hinge/quadrants & half-quadrants labelled; compass circle divided 0-360 at 2-degree intervals.<br /><br /><a title="Gurley Manual of Surveying Instruments" href="https://archive.org/details/gurleymanualsur03nygoog" target="_blank">Its function is to measure direction, with respect to magnetic North.</a>
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Possibly <a title="Compassipedia" href="https://www.compassmuseum.com/diverstext/profiles.htm#CH" target="_blank">Collignon-Houlliot</a> (FRANCE)
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, Artifact Context Report dated 28/01/2015
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, researched for UOttawa Seminar HIS4135C, Jessica Ozorak and Carine Trazo.
Date
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Circa 1875
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art. no. 1987.2108 Canada Science and Technology Museum
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Complete transit
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Transit carrying case, interior
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Transit carrying case and strap, exterior
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View of crosshairs through telescope
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Transit compass face
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Transit compass face and level
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Transit carrying case, handle well with broken handle
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Telescope viewfinder
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Transit carrying case, bottom
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Instruments
Description
An account of the resource
A selection of instruments used by the Dominion Land Surveyors of Canada.
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Title
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Transit
Subject
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Canadian surveying equipment
Description
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This transit was a key instrument for surveyors, as it was used for measuring horizontal angles (and later vertical angles as well). Transits were invented in 1831 in the United States and were popular for their versatility, durability, and cheap pricetag. Like most transits, this one is made of brass, with silver, glass, and liquid components.
The transit was made ca. 1861-1866 by Charles Hearn in Montreal. At one point it belonged to James Moffett (1829-1911), who lived in Wakefield, QC. Moffett was a native of Quebec but was of Irish heritage. He worked as a farmer and in the 1870s qualified as a provincial land surveyor, which is likely when he started using the transit. Despite its long history the transit is in relatively good condition, with a few evident repairs and replacement parts.
References:
1871 and 1881 Census, Library and Archives Canada, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx.
Canada Science and Technology Museum files
“Invention and Introduction of the Engineer’s Transit,” from The Engineering News September 15, 1875. Engineering News Record Volumes 1-2 accessible via Google Books.
“Transit.” Smithsonian National Museum of American History, https://amhistory.si.edu/surveying/type.cfm?typeid=20
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Manufactured or distributed by Charles Hearn.
Date
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Manufactured ca. 1861-1866
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, 1978.0971.001
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Quebec, Canada
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Photographs by student in HIS4135
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Instruments
Description
An account of the resource
A selection of instruments used by the Dominion Land Surveyors of Canada.
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Solar Compass
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Surveying Equipment in Canada during Dominion times
Description
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A solar compass created approximatey 1860. Initially owned by Russell, this passed through surveyors working in the West, with such names as Rainboth, JJ McArthur, and Ogilve. Through Ogilve the compass ended up in Ottawa, his last major survey. It is made of brass, with several intricate parts and comes in a wooden box sheltered with level.
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W & L.E. Gurley from Troy, New York.
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Science and Technology Museum
Date
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Important dates include its creation in c. 1860, its use by Russell in the late 1870s, and the passage to Ottawa in the 1940s.
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Emilija Pruden
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<a href="https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=1988JRASC..82..288K&db_key=AST&page_ind=1&data_type=GIF&type=SCREEN_VIEW&classic=YES%20" target="_blank">Donated to the Museum by a Ms. Mary Grey; a search finds that a Mrs. Mary Grey from Ottawa was the past counsil president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and seems a likely candidate for the person who acquired this object.</a><br /><br /><br /><br />
<a href="https://www.fairfieldauction.com/highlights/6sept/261.jpg" target="_blank">An entirely set up solar compass would look like this<br /><br /><br /></a>
<a href="https://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0600/ny0678/photos/122577pr.jpg" target="_blank">The Gurley Building looks like this<br /><br /><br /></a>
<a href="https://api.ning.com/files/-19L0k9n6wdKsecWkGiaqrAzlmjn0wMtPTiRGgXDsr1xJt6BDSYOdA1IvOBBQlSU/surveyinginstruments1891.jpg?width=385&height=600" target="_blank">This matches the image on other manuals created by Gurley<br /><br /><br /></a>
<a href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=_a43AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">A manual can be found in open source google books, providing how much the item would have cost, as well as instructions for its use<br /><br /><br /></a>
<a href="https://clss.nrcan.gc.ca/plan-eng.php?id=FB24043A+CLSR+CA" target="_blank">Lindsay Russell mentions the Solar Compass's use; although the compass looks like it would be used for initial surveys, Russell's guidelines show that they were actually used for the subdivision of townships through the meridian. Russell would have used the compass between 1877-1882, as that is when he did the majority of his surveying work.<br /><br /><br /></a>
<a href="https://clss.nrcan.gc.ca/planresult-resultatsplan-eng.php?pkw=&plannum=&altnum=&altnumid=&pn=&cl=&clid=&svy=CARSON%2C+P.A.&svyid=9DF5216B-86AB-49D6-9F99-91D5728D5425&dtsvfr=&dtsvto=&dtrfr=&dtrto=&submit=Search&n=plan&act=r&pg=1" target="_blank">Another name displayed on the compass is that of P.A. Carson, whose shown to have worked in the West as well, circa 1907-1909.<br /><br /><br /></a>
<a href="https://clss.nrcan.gc.ca/plan-eng.php?id=T1495+CLSR+QC" target="_blank">G. C. Rainboth is another name found written on the box, carved into the leather on the back. Though he is known for working with land divisions in the Praries, he also did work in Quebec and Ottawa, seen where Ottawa is written on the box.</a> <br /><br />Through looking at the dates of his field books, one can see that he worked in the Quebec Gatineau area in 1888. He did work with boundary lines and New Brunswick, however analyzing the dates we see that this was done in 1908, whereas Carson took over the Compass in 1907.<br /><br /><br />
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/earth-sciences-museum/resources/mining-canada/three-men-who-unlocked-west" target="_blank">A link to a write up on the importance of the men who unlocked the West. Without instruments such as the Solar Compass, we would not have gotten as far as we did, so quickly.<br /><br /><br /></a>
<a href="https://clss.nrcan.gc.ca/plan-eng.php?id=FB9849+CLSR+BC" target="_blank">Another journal by Carson, astronomical information on the final page.</a>
Format
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33 by 23 by 33
Language
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English labeling
Type
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Brass Instrument
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<a href="https://clss.nrcan.gc.ca/plan-eng.php?id=FB11522+CLSR+SK" target="_blank">Carson's journal from 1910; the astronomical section of his field diary displays its use, as a solar compass must have been used to measure the time of star transit, as seen on the bottom of page 7, page 11 on the sidebar of the DJVU viewer.</a>
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Title
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Photograph of John McLatchie
Subject
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Canadian land surveyor photographs
Description
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This is a photograph of John McLatchie, the famed Canadian land surveyor who worked across Canada in a variety of surveying projects (at the Dominon, Provincial, and local levels).
Creator
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William James Topley
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Topley Series B. “McLatchie, John.” February, 1879, Ottawa. Photograph by William James Topley. Library and Archives Canada, accession number 1936-270 NPC, item number 32334, MIKAN number 34721000.
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Library and Archives Canada
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February, 1879
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Photograph
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Photograph
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Title
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Illustration of an "Engineer's level"
Subject
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Instructional books - Land surveying equipment and procedures
Description
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This is an image of an "engineer's level" found in a J.B. Johnson book from 1889. The design, while distinct in some ways from the McLatchie level, is remarkably similar to it in many of its structural features. It has not been determined whether McLatchie's instrument is a water or spirit level (it had an amber-coloured liquid inside its bubble tube).
Furthermore, the book from which this diagram has been taken was found in a 'John McLatchie' collection being preserved by the Canadian Science and Technology Museum, and the similarity in time period and instrument style emphasizes the similarity between this representation and the instrument prepared by James Foster.
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J.B. Johnson
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C.E. Johnson, The Theory and Practice of Surveying (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1889), 61.
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John Wiley & Sons
Date
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1889
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Canadian Science and Technology Museum ('John McLatchie collection')
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Photograph; instructional book; museum artifact
Language
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English
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Artifact
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Title
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Diagram of Leveling Applications
Subject
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Leveling procedures
Description
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This is an image taken from a book by W.M. Gillespie in 1865. The picture represents a potential function of leveling within the larger realm of land surveying. Measuring the shape of a terrain was a crucial aspect of this practice.
This book was found in the Canadian Science and Technology Museum's 'John McLatchie' collection; its link to the famous surveyor provides an interesting backdrop into the nature of his work in the field.
Creator
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W.M. Gillespie
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W.M. Gillespie, A Treatise on Land-Surveying (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1865), 411.
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D. Appleton & Co.
Date
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1865
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Canadian Science and Technology Museum ('John McLatchie' Collection)
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Photograph; instructional book; museum artifact
Language
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English
Type
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Artifact
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Title
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Instruments
Description
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A selection of instruments used by the Dominion Land Surveyors of Canada.
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Title
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Foster level
Subject
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Canadian surveying instruments
Description
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This is a surveying level produced by James Foster, an instrument maker based in Toronto, Canada. The apparatus also includes a wooden tripod, upon which the level was placed when taking measurements. This artifact was in the possession of John McLatchie, a well-established professional land surveyor in nineteenth-century Canada, and was passed down through his family descendants to a relative residing in Ottawa, Canada.
Physically, this level appears to be made almost entirely of brass, which has been painted either to a dark brown or gold color. The object also includes a telescope and a 'bubble tube,' both of which were integral to the surveying process.
The level's connection with McLatchie suggests possible implications for its past use in notable surveys across Canada (i.e.: Ottawa valley, Manitoba, British Columbia, etc.)
Creator
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James Foster
Source
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John McLatchie Collection (780715-780753), Canadian Science and Technology Museum.
Date
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Unknown (likely produced between 1870 and 1910)
[source: Randall C. Brooks and William J. Daniels, “Surveying Instrument Makers of Central Canada” ]
August 8th, 1978: Acquired by Canadian Science and Technology Museum
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Mrs. N.F. Kettles (1978)
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Physical artifact; photographic representation
Type
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Museum Artifact
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Instruments
Description
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A selection of instruments used by the Dominion Land Surveyors of Canada.
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Crabtree rule
Subject
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survey instrument
Description
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This Parallel Line Rule is a heavy-weighted object, suitable for life on flat surfaces. All of its part are made of brass, which is a sturdy and relatively inexpensive material. The rule is slightly tarnished but has no discernible damage. This would suggest it was a desk object and well taken care of.
It was made by H.S. Crabtree around 1930, and was eventually collected by famed Canadian surveyor Louis Sebert who collected older, non-technical objects for nostalgic purposes. In 2003 Sebert's wife handed the instrument to the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa where it has been ever since.
References:
Archive.org
https://archive.org/stream/uoftreportgov1944univ/uoftreportgov1944univ_djvu.txt
https://www.archive.org/stream/n01ontariosession65ontauoft/n01ontariosession65ontauoft_djvu.txt?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true
MARCH 4
Smithsonian Online
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_690215
Individual Collections
https://www.mathsinstruments.me.uk/page39.html
Royal Museum Greenwich
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/42814.html
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H. S. Crabtree ltd. Toronto, circa 1930
Date
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circa 1930's: made/marked by H. S. Crabtree
2003: collected by Museum of Science and Technology
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Bass (all parts)
severe in appearance with distinctly shaped hinges that are most notably associated with H. Hughes & Son design from England.
heavier than an average parallel rule, about 2 lbs.
Language
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English
Type
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mathematical instrument used for drawing parallel lines on a chart or graph
Identifier
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2004.0015.1
Coverage
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Canadian survey instrument
Ontario, Canada
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Instruments
Description
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A selection of instruments used by the Dominion Land Surveyors of Canada.
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Title
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Gurley Souvenir Catalogue 1893
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W. and L. E. Gurley. 1893. Souvenir catalogue [of civil engineers' and surveyors' instruments manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley]. World's Columbian exposition. [Troy.].
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Expl G9798 3003 1893 Canada Science and Technology Museums Corp. Libraries
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Instruments
Description
An account of the resource
A selection of instruments used by the Dominion Land Surveyors of Canada.
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Notre Dame Street in Montreal, QC, where Charles Hearn had his business
Creator
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William Notman
Source
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https://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/I-20851.1
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McCord Museum, I-20851.1
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Instruments
Description
An account of the resource
A selection of instruments used by the Dominion Land Surveyors of Canada.
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Advertisement for Charles Hearn's business
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https://archive.org/stream/cihm_36986#page/n155/mode/2up