Surveyor's Compass
notes: label: Description
content: This unsigned surveyor's compass may date from the fourth quarter of the 18th century when the form was still in flux. The bar holding the vertical sights is straight and narrow; the face reads counterclockwise; the needle rim is graduated to single degrees, and numbered in quadrants from North and South.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.337072
label: catalog number
content: 337072
label: accession number
content: 1980.0012
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surveyor's Compass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall length: 16 in; 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: needle: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 5/8 in x 15 5/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 19.3675 cm x 39.6875 cm x 16.51 cm