General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

LEATHER CASE/ALUMINUM COMPASS RING/ SYNTHETIC LID, BASE & CORD/ STEEL NEEDLE/ BRASS HARDWARE

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

6.5 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

SILVA

Country

Sweden

State/Province

Unknown

City

Stockholm

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY IN THE 1960'S

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF COMPASS MADE FOR THE CANADIAN MARKET

Function

TO DETERMINE THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF A LINE WITH REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTION OF A MAGNETIC NEEDLE

Technical

LIQUID DAMPENED NEEDLE & SIGHTING MIRROR COMBINE FOR SPEED & ACCURACY IN USE/ LUMINOUS POINTS ENABLE USERS TO WORK IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON LID: `MADE BY SILVA/ SILVA [REG. TRADE MARK SYMBOL]/ STOCKHOLM 60 SWEDEN'/ ON BASE: `TYPE/ 15T/ SILVA [LOGO]/ THE RANGER/ INCHES & 1/10" [GRADUATED SCALE FROM 1/2 TO 3 1/2]/ CM. & MM. [GRADUATED SCALE FROM 1 TO 9]'/ ON BOTTOM OF COMPASS RING: `PAT SW.152750 US.2824382 CAN.542358 SWISS.314681 NORW.89197 MADE IN SWEDEN FOR SILVA LTD. TORONTO ONT. CANADA'/ ON COMPASS RING TOP: `N E W S/ [GRADUATED SCALE MARKED FROM 20 TO 360]'/ ON COMPASS FACE: `W.decl./ E.decl./ [GRADUATED SCALE FROM 0 TO 90 IN TWO DIRECTIONS]'/ ON CASE: `SILVA [LOGO]'

Missing

N/A

Finish

LID BLACK PLASTIC/ BASE MARKINGS RED/ COMPASS MARKINGS BLACK

Decoration

MIDDLE SECTION OF LID RAISED/ TREE LOGO ON LID & BASE