本水準儀之年代不晩於1900年(該公司1900年代前產品無編號), 國軍於二次大戰後接收日本佔領區(福建)之美製測量儀器, 具有稀少性，臨勤測量隊隊史室藏有該隊1920年代外觀型式極為相似之機型(林崇熙, 1997), 亦為本水準儀年代之佐證.

This leveling instrument dates no later than 1900 (the company’s products before the 1900s were not numbered). After World War II, the Nationalist military received American-made surveying instruments from the Japanese-occupied areas (Fujian), making this instrument quite rare. The mobile surveying team’s historical archives contain a model from the 1920s that is very similar in appearance to this instrument (Lin Chongxi, 1997), further supporting the dating of this leveling instrument.