Pocket Compass
notes: label: Description
content: This small mahogany compass has an inset paper card with 32 points that was probably made for a nautical use. The outer edge of the card is graduated every degree, and numbered every 10 degrees in quadrants from north and south. Joseph McClellan (d. 1834), a captain in the Continental Army, is said to have carried it during the Revolutionary War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Revolutionary War
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Alice M. S. and Dr. Henry C. J. Evans
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.336758
label: accession number
content: 1978.2178
label: catalog number
content: 336758
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pocket compass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 9.2329 cm x 9.2329 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.4 cm x 9.3 cm x 9.3 cm; 15/16 in x 3 21/32 in x 3 21/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15/16 in x 3 9/16 in x 3 5/8 in; 2.38125 cm x 9.04875 cm x 9.2075 cm