Nautical Compass
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
name: label: maker
content: S. Thaxter & Son
notes: label: Description
content: This nautical compass has a brass bowl gimbal mounted in a wooden box. The paper card was made for Robert King (c.1789-1868), a mathematical instrument maker from England who spent most of his career in New York City. The instrument bears two marks, "ROBERT KING NEW YORK" and "S. THAXTER & SON. MAKERS. State Street. BOSTON." The Thaxter inscription appears on a paper disc laid over the center of the card, obscuring the King signature. The instrument was used by Capt. Andrew McWha of St. Stephen, N.B., Canada, and probably dates from the middle decades of the nineteenth century.
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: Connie Moran
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.314852
label: catalog number
content: 314852
label: accession number
content: 211303
objectType: label: Object Name
content: nautical compass (dry dard)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 in x 10 in; 17.145 cm x 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 in x 10 in; 17.145 cm x 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm