Dry Card Compass (replica)
name: label: maker
content: Jorges
notes: label: Description
content: This compass has a wooden bowl, paper card, and wooden box with gimbal mounts. It is a replica of an instrument in the Whipple Museum of the History of Science at Cambridge University, that may be the earliest extant dry card compass. The inscription reads "Jorges da Costa / Mivanda afez em / Lisboa Anno 1711."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315105
label: catalog number
content: 315105
label: accession number
content: 216644
objectType: label: Object Name
content: nautical compass (replica)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall; box: 4 1/16 in x 11 in x 9 7/8 in; 10.31875 cm x 27.94 cm x 25.0825 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; compass insert: 3 in x 7 5/8 in x 7 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 19.3675 cm x 19.685 cm