Compass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRISMATIC/POCKET
- DATE
- 1880–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0337.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Casella, L.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS COMPASS/ WOOD CASE, LEATHER COVERED; VELVET AND SATIN INTERIOR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 7.3 cm
- Height
- 4.0 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
- Casella
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED FOR OBTAINING ROUGHLY THE BEARING OF A LINE. - Technical
-
IN THE PRISMATIC COMPASS THE GRADUATIONS, INSTEAD OF BEING ON THE COMPASS-BOX, ARE ON A CARD WHICH IS FASTENED TO THE NEEDLE (LIKE AMARINER'S COMPASS) AND WHICH MOVES WITH IT. THIS COMPASS IS PROVIDED WITH TWO SHORT SIGHTS AND THE BEARING CAN BE READ BY MEANS OF A PRISM, AT THE SAME INSTANT THAT DEVELOPMENT: THE COMPASS IS SIGHTED ALONG THE LINE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVING ON COMPASS LID READS: 'L. CASELLA,/ MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY & ORDNANCE LONDON'.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- CHEMICAL COLOURED BRASS/ BURGUNDY CHAGRIN LEATHER/ BLUE VELVET/ PURPLE SATIN
- Decoration
- N/A
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Casella, L., Compass, between 1880–1900, Artifact no. 1986.0337, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0337.001/
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