Surveyor's Compass
name: label: maker
content: B. Pike & Son
notes: label: Description
content: The "B. Pike & Son. N. York" and "Warranted" inscriptions on this surveyor's compass refers to a firm that was in business during the years 1831–1841 and 1843–1849. Benjamin Pike Jr. advertised compasses of this sort, with a 6–inch needle and level vials on each arm, for $28 and $32.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.326556
label: catalog number
content: 326556
label: accession number
content: 261155
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surveyor's Compass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall length: 14 5/8 in; 37.1475 cm
label: Measurements
content: needle: 6 in; 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 15/16 in x 15 1/4 in x 8 in; 7.46125 cm x 38.735 cm x 20.32 cm