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OBJECT TYPE: BRUNTON/POCKET/PRISMATIC
DATE: 1894
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1089.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: 7335
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM CASE/ BRASS HARDWARE/ GLASS MIRROR, COVER & BUBBLE LEVEL/ STEEL NEEDLE/ LEATHER CASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 8.0 cm
Width: 7.0 cm
Height: 3.0 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: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF INSTRUMENT MADE IN ENGLAND FOR THE CANADIAN MARKET
Function: IT IS DESIGNED FOR ROUGHLY TAKING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ANGLES WHEN DOING FIELD SURVEYS
Technical: A LIGHT PORTABLE SURVEYING INSTRUMENT WHICH MAKES ROUGH READINGS IN THE FIELD EASY
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON LID: `THE HUGHES-OWENS CO. LD./ MONTREAL & WINNIPEG/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ NO 7335'/ ON FACE: `N W S/ [CALIBRATED 0 TO 90 IN TWO DIRECTIONS]'/ ON RAISED RING: `[CALIBRATED 0 TO 90 IN FOUR DIRECTIONS]'
Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: `FLOWER' SHAPE AROUND MAGNETICNORTH DESIGNATION

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Unknown Manufacturer, Compass, after 1894, Artifact no. 1988.1089, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1089.001/

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