Compass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SURVEYOR'S/MAGNETIC
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0303.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Potter, A.F.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS/ WOOD/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.7 cm
- Width
- 15.2 cm
- Height
- 7.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-direction
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Potter
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 BRASS CASE, COVER & EXTENSION ARMS; GLASS COVERED WITH 8 CARDINAL DIRECTIONS; RAISED RING AROUND OUTSIDE EDGE WITH DEGREES MARKED ON IT; 'N' & 'S' ARE '0' HENCE NUMBERS ASCEND TO 90 TO THE LEFT & RIGHT OF '0'; 'E' & 'W' ARE 90 MARKS; BRASS FLANGE EXTENDS OUTWARD FOR 5" FROM 'N' & 'S' SIDES WITH HOLES IN FLANGES FOR MOUNTING ON EXTENSION ARMS; ROUND HOLE UNDER COMPASS TO MOUNT ON A SHAFT; SET SCREW WITH A TURN KNOB HEAD TO SECURE COMPASS TO THE SHAFT. TO THE SIDE BETWEEN 'W' & 'SW' IS A KNOB THAT LOCKS THE COMPASS NEEDLE INTO PLACE. ALL BUT THE NEEDLE & GLASS COVER ARE MADE OF BRASS; .2 ALL BRASS COVER TO FIT OVER COMPASS GLASS OF .1, COVER HAS A FEW DEEP SCARS & IS TARNISHED; .3 SIGHT ARM FOR COMPASS, MADE OF BRASS & 2 V-SLOTS IN IT; .4 IDENTICAL TO .3 EXCEPT UPPER SLOT IN .4 LOWER THAN SLOT IN .3 & VICE-VERSA; CONDITION: .3 & .4 ARE SCARRED & TARNISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Potter, A.F., Compass, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1972.0303, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0303.001/
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