Dry Card Compass
date: label: date made
content: 1920s
notes: label: Description
content: The U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey acquired this compass in 1922 and transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1929. Its needle consists of four parallel strips of steel enclosed in a brass ring. The inscription reads "U.S.C.&G.S. No. 18."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.309671
label: catalog number
content: 309671
label: accession number
content: 106954
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dry card compass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/16 in x 5 1/8 in; 8.41375 cm x 13.0175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 5 1/8 in; 8.255 cm x 13.0175 cm