Miner's Compass
name: label: maker
content: Pollard, Joseph Gardiner
notes: label: Description
content: This instrument with a "JOS. G. POLLARD CO., INC. / BROOKLYN, NEW YORK" inscription is known variously as a miner's compass or a dip needle. Joseph Gardiner Pollard (1850-1919) manufactured tools for contractors and plumbers. The firm contined after his death.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Camilla Cherry Michael and Lois Raymond Michael
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0480.01
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0480.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0480
objectType: label: Object Name
content: miner's compass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 11/16 in x 4 15/16 in x 5 1/8 in; 4.28625 cm x 12.54125 cm x 13.0175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 1 11/16 in x 4 7/8 in x 5 in; 4.28625 cm x 12.3825 cm x 12.7 cm