Compass, magnetic
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIRCRAFT
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0644.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cook Compass
- MODEL
- Mk.1
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1108
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predom. non-ferrous metal possibly aluminum; steel magnet; glass window; attachment arm possibly plastic
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.1 cm
- Width
- 4.2 cm
- Height
- 10.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cook
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
attaches to instrument panel in airplane cockpit/ used to indicate magnetic north & determine direction airplane is travelling - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on plate reads: "COOK/COMPASS/MK.I/SER.NO. 1108/PAT. APP. 20912."
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- predom. black; white detail on card; silver fields on plate
- Decoration
- none
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Cook Compass, Compass, magnetic, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1994.0644, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0644.001/
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