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OBJECT TYPE: FORESTRY/DIOPTER/MAGNETIC
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1086.001

MANUFACTURER: Cooke, T. & Sons Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: LEATHER CASE/ BRASS LIGHTING, LEVELS, BALL JOINT & SOCKET, & OTHER PARTS/ ALUMINUM BASE & COMPASS/ STEEL NEEDLE/ GLASS COVER

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.0 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Height: 12.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Harvesting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Cooke
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS COMPASS USED BETWEEN 1936 & 1960 AS THIS IS WHEN `DFS' `DFB' & `FB' EXISTED (SEE MARKINGS)
Canada: SAMPLE OF INSTRUMENT MADE FORCANADIAN MARKET
Function: USED TO DETERMINE THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF A LINE WITH REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTION OF A MAGNTIC NEEDLE, AS WELL AS DETERMINING THE INCLINATION OF A SLOPE
Technical: DEVICE DESIGNED FOR TOPOGRAPHICAL WORK IN THE FOREST INDUSTRY - SPECIALIZED
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON FACE: `T. COOKE & SONS LTD/ LONDON & YORK./ E S W/ [GRADUATIONS FROM 0 TO 90 IN TWO DIRECTIONS/ 40 TO 0 TO 20]'/ GRADUATIONS ON TWO RINGS IN QUADRANTS/ GRADUATIONS AROUND EDGE OF BASE/ ON BACK: `MADE FOR/ THE ONTARO HUGHES OWENS CO LTD/ OTTAWA./ SECTIONS [GRID DIVIDED INTO SQUARES MARKED 1 TO 36]/ LEGAL SUBDIVISIONS [GRID DIVIDED INTO SQUARES MARKED 1 TO 16] N.W.1/4 N.E.1/4/ S.W.1/4 S.E.1/4'/ SCRATCHED ON CASE: `DFS'/ SCRATCHED ON.1: `FB/ 6'/ SCRATCHED ON.2: `DFB'
Missing: none
Finish: BROWN CASE/ BLACK MARKINGS
Decoration: FLEUR-DE-LYS FOR NORTH DESIGNATION

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Cooke, T. & Sons Ltd., Compass, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.1086, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1988.1086.001/

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