Pelorus
notes: label: Description
content: This 5.5-inch diameter brass circle with two vanes was probably used atop a nautical compass.
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: 1980.0597.55
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0597.055
label: accession number
content: 1980.0597
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pelorus
label: Object Name
content: pelorus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 14 in; 13.97 cm x 35.56 cm