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Steel engineer's chain used by Robert E. Peary, 100' long
United States scientific equipment
ca. 18781200 x 1/2 x 1/4 in. (3048 x 1 x 1 cm)
Object Type:
scientific equipment
Creation Places:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
steel
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pejepscot Historical Society
Accession Number:
1990.16.6
Used by Peary, this hundred-foot long chain has foot-long links. It is an engineer's chain rather than a surveyor's chain, which would be 66 feet long with shorter links of 7.92. Peary worked as a surveyor and later as an engineer.
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- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
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