Geomagnetic Instrument
name: label: maker
content: Geophysical Instrument Co.
label: maker
content: Geophysical Instrument Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The inscriptions on the compass base plate of this multipurpose instrument read “GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENT CO. / WASHINGTON, D.C.” and “SER. No.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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: 1983.0039.08
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0039.08
label: accession number
content: 1983.0039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geomagnetic instrument
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 8 3/16 in x 6 5/8 in; 6.35 cm x 20.79625 cm x 16.8275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 20.6375 cm x 15.875 cm