Odometer in canister with leather thong
United States transportation
4 x 2 5/8 in. (10 x 7 cm)Keuffel & Esser Co. (active 1867 - 1987)
Object Type:
transportation
Creation Places:
North America, United States, New York
Medium and Support:
brass
Credit Line:
Gift of Marie Peary Kuhne
(Given to the college in custody of Prof Noel Little)
Accession Number:
1967.189.b
Although useful in theory, an odometer pulled behind a sledge was impractical to measure distances over the rough ice of the Arctic Ocean.
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This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
- Collections and Recollections: Objects and the Stories they Tell , 5/30/2023 - 5/26/2024
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