Compass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FORESTRY/POCKET/MAGNETIC
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1081.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SILVA LTD.
- MODEL
- RANGER
- LOCATION
- Sweden
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC/ ALUMINUM/ STEEL/ BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.2 cm
- Width
- 6.4 cm
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SILVA
- Country
- Sweden
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
MADE BY SILVA IN SWEDEN FOR CANADA (SEE MARKINGS) - Function
-
TO DETERMINE THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF A LINE WITH REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTION OF A MAGNETIC NEEDLE - Technical
-
LIQUID DAMPENED NEEDLE & SIGHTING MIRROR COMBINE FOR SPEED & ACCURACY IN USE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON BASE: `SILVA [WITH TREE LOGO]/ THE RANGER/ [INCHES MARKED FROM 1 1/2 TO 3 1/2; MM FROM 1 TO 9]/ PATENTS/ APPLIED/ FOR/ FOR ARMY/ USE/ U.S. PAT/ 2019411/ 2136970/ BRIT. PAT/ 445312/ 472805/ MADE IN SWEDEN/ FOR SILVA LTD./ TORONTO ONT CANADA/ [GRADUATED CIRCLE FROM 02 TO 62]'/ SCRATCHED ON LID: `Brian Mayo'/ ON COMPASS: `N W E S/ W. decl.30 20 10 20 30 E. decl./ [GRADUATED SCALE 0 TO 90 IN FOUR DIRECTIONS]/ [BOTTOM SCALE 3 TO 9 AT `N' & `S' ENDS]'
- Missing
- NO CASE
- Finish
- LID PAINTED BLACK/ COMPASS FACE YELLOW/ BLACK MARKINGS ON COMPASS/ BROWN MARKINGS ONBASE
- Decoration
- TWO VERTICAL RIDGES ON LID/ TREE LOGO ON BASE
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SILVA LTD., Compass, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1988.1081, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1081.001/
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