Dip Circle
name: label: maker
content: Dover
notes: label: Description
content: This Kew pattern dip circle dates from the early decades of the twentieth century. The inscription reads "Dover, Charlton Kent, Circle 158." A paper note in the wooden carrying case states that the U.S. Navy lent it for observations during the second International Polar Year which ran from September 1932 to September 1933. The loan may have been to the Carnegie Institution of Washington which, fifty years later, donated it to the Smithsonian.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England, London, Charlton
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Carnegie Institution of Washington
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0039.03
label: accession number
content: 1983.0039
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0039.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dip circle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 11 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 9 in; 29.845 cm x 22.225 cm x 22.86 cm