Bearing Bar
name: label: maker
content: Beck-Lee Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: A bearing bar fits over a magnetic compass and provides a means of taking sights. This example was made during World War II. The inscription on the base reads "U.S. NAVY, BU. SHIPS BEARING BAR MARK IV MOD. 1 -1943 BECK-LEE CORP." Beck-Lee Corp. was a Chicago firm that manufactured medical electronics.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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: 1983.0245.04
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0245.04
label: accession number
content: 1983.0245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bearing bar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 5/16 in x 5 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 8.41375 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 8.255 cm x 13.97 cm