National Museum of American History
Cathetometer
Unknown artist
A cathetometer is an upright ruler with a telescope that precisely measures the vertical difference between two points. The form was introduced in Paris around 1815 and the name around 1847. The U.S. Military Academy, which owned this example, acquired much of its physics apparatus from Paris.
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