Compass
date: label: date made
content: circa 1960
name: label: user
content: Vogel, Robert M.
label: maker
content: Eugene Dietzgen Company
notes: label: Description
content: Dietzgen called this a Forestry or Military Compass with 2-inch needle. The circle is graduated to degrees, and numbered every 10 degrees from 0 to 360. The compass reads counterclockwise. The weight is on the south end of the needle. In the 1950s, Deitzgen sold this type of compass for $12.50. The cardboard box is stamped: Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering / U.S. National Museum.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0214.4
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0214.4
label: accession number
content: 2007.0214
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pocket Compass
label: Object Name
content: pocket compass
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3 in x 3 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 7.62 cm x 8.255 cm