Circumferentor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Vernier
- DATE
- 1813–1839
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0972.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Patten, Richard
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal, glass
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.5 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 19.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-angles
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Patten
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Owned by James Moffatt (1829-1911) a Québec province land surveyor who resided in Wakefield, QC. Used. c. 1850's. - Function
-
Used to determine direction, and to measure horizontal angles. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- Both sight vanes bent, glass crystal cracked. Stopper for needle seized, some pitting, corrosion on compass face & needle copper (?) screw to secure compass to staff or tripod not original.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Patten, Richard, Circumferentor, between 1813–1839, Artifact no. 1978.0972, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0972.001/
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