CECIL E. HANSON COLLECTION
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FOREIGN TRANSITS AND THEODOLITES

Geocartographic Industry - Moscow, Russia

Serial Number: 10124
Type: Transit
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Box: Yes
Condition: Good
Found: March, 1967 - Troy, NY. Gurley Museum traded this transit to CEH for a Wye level made by Thomas E. Lander in Kansas City, Missouri (L32). The Gurley Museum had purchased this transit from Clifford Rappeleyea of Lexington, NY in 1963 for $35.
CEH Inventory# FT5

CEH estimated date of manufacture prior to the 1917 Russian revolution but basis for this hasn't been confirmed.