Compass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SURVEYOR'S/MAGNETIC
- DATE
- 1920–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1974.0118.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Short & Mason
- MODEL
- TYCOS
- LOCATION
- London, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- E1131
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.7 cm
- Width
- 12.7 cm
- Height
- 15.2 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
- Short Mason
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE DIRECTION, WITH RESPECT TO MAGNETIC NORTH. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'GCS 406' ON INSTRUMENT AND CASE
- Missing
- COMPASS HAS BEEN DAMAGED & REPAIRED. SOME CHIPPING OF CRYSTAL EDGES EVIDENT. WOODEN INSERT VISIBLE BETWEEN CIRCLE AND CRYSTAL: CIRCLE AND VERNIER DO NOT MOVE, PRESUMABLY AS A RESULT OF THIS REPAIR. SOME MINOR *
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Short & Mason, Compass, circa 1920–1930, Artifact no. 1974.0118, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1974.0118.001/
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