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OBJECT TYPE: FORESTRY/POCKET/MAGNETIC
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1079.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM CASE/ BRASS HARDWARE/ STEEL NEEDLE & DIAL/ GLASS COVER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 8.3 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Height: 1.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Harvesting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY 1940'S AS THIS IS WHEN DOMINION FORESTRY SERVICE EXISTED (SEE MARKINGS)
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF COMPASS DISTRIBUTED & MADE FOR A CANADIAN CO. (SEE MARKINGS)
Function: TO DETERMINE THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF A LINE WITH REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTION OF A MAGNETIC NEEDLE
Technical: PUTTING COMPASS IN ALUMINUM BOX INSTEAD OF WOODEN BOX PREVENTED HUMIDITY & MOISTURE FROM WARPING BOX, LOOSENING GLASS & RUSTING NEEDLE & ITS PIVOT
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON FACE: `INSTRUMENTS LTD./ OTTAWA & TORONTO/ E S W/ [GRADATIONS IN TENTHS FROM 0 TO 90 IN FOUR QUADRANTS]'/ SCRATCHED ON LID: `D.F.S./ C7'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK PAINT INSIDE LID & AROUND COMPASS FACE/ BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: FLEUR-DE-LYS FOR DIRECTION NORTHINDICATOR

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Unknown Manufacturer, Compass, circa 1944, Artifact no. 1988.1079, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1079.001/

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