tripod 7L for Y-level
Date: circa 1880
Inventory Number: 5144b
Classification: Tripod
Subject:
Attributed to: Buff & Berger (1871 - 1898)
User: Lawrence Scientific School (1847 - 1906)
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Dimensions:
147 cm (57 7/8 in.)
Description:
A wood tripod with brass fittings and steel bullet-shaped feet. Also, there is three wood squares looped through twine for storage. "L S S 7 L" is stamped on top of a leg.
Signedunsigned
Historical AttributesThe "LSS" mark indicates it was used by the people of the Lawrence Scientific Shool, which later became Harvard University's engineering deparment and shool of applied science.
ProvenanceFrom the Department of Engineering, Harvard University.
