Surveyor's Compass
name: label: maker
content: W. & L. E. Gurley
notes: label: Description
content: This surveyor's compass has a 4-inch needle (the same "as is furnished with Gurley Precise Transits"), needle release, two folding sights, two levels on the face, and a jacob staff mounting. Gurley introduced this form in the 1920s, describing it as "an excellent and portable instrument for running lines through woods." This example belonged to the University of Missouri at Columbia. New, it cost $35. The signature reads "W. & L. E. GURLEY TROY, N.Y. U.S.A."
label: Description
content: Ref: W. & L. E. Gurley, <i>The Gurley Line</i> (Troy, N.Y., 1929), p. 305.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Troy
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: W. & L. E. Gurley. Gurley Line
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Civil Engineering
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.333635
label: catalog number
content: 333635
label: accession number
content: 300659
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surveyor's compass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: needle: 4 in; 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 7 5/8 in x 6 9/16 in; 5.08 cm x 19.3675 cm x 16.66875 cm