Sighting Compass
name: label: maker
content: Leupold, Volpel & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the dial of this compass reads “LEUPOLD-VOLPEL & CO. PORTLAND, ORE. PAT APLD. FOR." The case, front and back, is branded "FORESTRY M.S.U." and the front flap is stamped "109."
label: Description
content: Frederick Leupold (born in Germany circa 1876) was in Boston by 1891. Adam Joseph Volpel (1874-1940) was born in Poland and came to the U.S. circa 1888. By 1911, the two men were in Portland, Oregon, trading as Leupold, Volpel & Co.
label: Description
content: Ref: Frederick Leupold, “Surveyor’s Compass,” U.S. Patent 1,936,846 (Nov. 23, 1933), assigned to Leupold, Volpel & Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Oregon, Portland
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: 1984.0636.04
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0636.04
label: accession number
content: 1984.0636
objectType: label: Object Name
content: compass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 6 in x 2 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 15.24 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: compass: 4 7/8 in x 5 in x 4 3/4 in; 12.3825 cm x 12.7 cm x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 6 in x 2 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 15.24 cm x 6.35 cm