Solar Compass
name: label: maker
content: W. & L. E. Gurley
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on this Burt solar compass reads "W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, N.Y."
label: Description
content: Justus Roe (1838-1900), of Patchogue, New York, designed and manufactured steel tapes and the associated reels. The inscription on this example reads steel tape marked: "J. ROE & Sons - Pat'd Aug. 7, 88."
label: Description
content: Ref: Justus Roe, “Reel for Tape-Measures, Fishing-Lines, &c.” U.S. Patent 387,541 (Aug. 7, 1888).
label: Description
content: Justus Roe (1838-1900), of Patchogue, New York, designed and manufactured steel tapes and the associated reels. The inscription on this example reads "Justus Roe & Sons Pat. May 24, 92."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Troy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.325754
label: catalog number
content: 325754
label: accession number
content: 226017
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Solar Compass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall (box): 12 1/2 in x 16 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in; 31.75 cm x 41.275 cm x 20.955 cm
label: Measurements
content: compass: 10 3/4 in x 7 in x 15 in; 27.305 cm x 17.78 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 12 1/2 in x 16 1/4 in x 8 1/8 in; 31.75 cm x 41.275 cm x 20.6375 cm