Dry Card Compass
date: label: date made
content: 1865-1905
name: label: maker
content: Sherman, Charles R.
notes: label: Description
content: This nautical dry-card compass has a turned wooden bowl gimbal mounted in a wooden box. It probably dates from the middle decades of the nineteenth century. The inscription reads "C. R. SHERMAN & Co. NEW BEDFORD." Charles R. Sherman (fl. 1865-1905) sold instruments and other items for nautical use.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, New Bedford
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0035.02
label: accession number
content: 1995.0035
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0035.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Nautical Compass (Dry Card)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: box: 7 in x 10 in x 10 in; 17.78 cm x 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: compass bowl: 4 3/8 in x 7 3/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 19.685 cm
label: Measurements
content: compass card: 6 in; x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 6 13/16 in x 10 in x 10 in; 17.30375 cm x 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm