Bearing Circle
date: label: date made
content: 1942
name: label: maker
content: Lionel Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: A bearing circle fits over a magnetic compass and provides a means of taking sights. This example was made for use during World War II. One inscription reads "U.S. NAVY BEARING CIRCLE / MARK 1 MOD. 2 BU SHIPS N 14768 1942." Another reads “THE LIONEL CORPORATION N.Y.”
label: Description
content: The Lionel Manufacturing Company was established in New York City, in 1900, by Joshua Lionel Cowen (1877-1965), an inventor who was born to Jewish immigrants from German lands, and who changed his name to Cohen in 1910. During World War II, the Lionel Corp. was reported to be “wholly engaged in making navigational instrument for the U.S. Navy.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1983.0245.03
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0245.03
label: accession number
content: 1983.0245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bearing circle
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 11 5/8 in x 11 1/2 in; 10.4775 cm x 29.5275 cm x 29.21 cm