Surveyor's Compass
name: label: maker
content: B. Pike & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: This unusually small compass would probably not have been used by professional surveyors. But it might have been used by farmers wishing to lay out their lands. The "B. Pike & Sons 166 Broadway, N.Y." signature refers to a firm that was in business at this address during the years 1841–1843 and 1850–1855.
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.316585
label: accession number
content: 225752
label: catalog number
content: 316585
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surveyor's Compass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall length: 10 1/2 in; 26.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: needle: 3 1/2 in; 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 10 7/8 in x 5 11/16 in; 7.3025 cm x 27.6225 cm x 14.44625 cm