Compass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FORESTRY/POCKET/MAGNETIC
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1079.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM CASE/ BRASS HARDWARE/ STEEL NEEDLE & DIAL/ GLASS COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.3 cm
- Width
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- 1.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1940'S AS THIS IS WHEN DOMINION FORESTRY SERVICE EXISTED (SEE MARKINGS)
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF COMPASS DISTRIBUTED & MADE FOR A CANADIAN CO. (SEE MARKINGS) - Function
-
TO DETERMINE THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF A LINE WITH REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTION OF A MAGNETIC NEEDLE - Technical
-
PUTTING COMPASS IN ALUMINUM BOX INSTEAD OF WOODEN BOX PREVENTED HUMIDITY & MOISTURE FROM WARPING BOX, LOOSENING GLASS & RUSTING NEEDLE & ITS PIVOT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON FACE: `INSTRUMENTS LTD./ OTTAWA & TORONTO/ E S W/ [GRADATIONS IN TENTHS FROM 0 TO 90 IN FOUR QUADRANTS]'/ SCRATCHED ON LID: `D.F.S./ C7'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK PAINT INSIDE LID & AROUND COMPASS FACE/ BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- FLEUR-DE-LYS FOR DIRECTION NORTHINDICATOR
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Unknown Manufacturer, Compass, circa 1944, Artifact no. 1988.1079, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1079.001/
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