Surveyor's Compass
date: label: date made
content: ca 1730
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden surveyor’s compass with a "Made and Sold by JOSEPH HALSY Boston New England" inscription on the paper card.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John Thorndike
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0307.01
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0307.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0307
objectType: label: Object Name
content: compass
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (needle material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (compass card material)
label: Measurements
content: compass: 1 1/2 in x 14 in x 6 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 35.56 cm x 15.875 cm
label: Measurements
content: sights: 7 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 in; 17.78 cm x 4.1275 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 14 in x 6 1/4 in; 19.685 cm x 35.56 cm x 15.875 cm