Surveyor's Compass
date: label: date made
content: 1835-1837
name: label: maker
content: Merrill and Davis
notes: label: Description
content: The "Merrill & Davis New York" inscription indicates that this compass dates from the period 1835-1837 when Robert Merrill and William C. Davis worked together in New York City. There are two level vials on the north arm. The decoration on the face (a circle of leaves) is a typical feature of New York compasses. The "Wiltberger, City of Washington, D.C." inscription on the bottom of the wooden box must be that of the merchant, Charles H. Wiltberger (1798-1872).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Surveying and Geodesy
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Eugenia W. Pierpoint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.333620
label: accession number
content: 303443
label: catalog number
content: 333620
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surveyor's Compass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall length: 11 7/8 in; 30.16504 cm
label: Measurements
content: needle: 4 1/8 in; 10.4775 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 3 in x 12 3/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 31.4325 cm x 15.875 cm