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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRUNTON/POCKET/PRISMATIC
- DATE
- 1894
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1084.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ainsworth, W. & Sons
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Denver, Colorado, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 6064
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM CASE/ BRASS HARDWARE & SIGHT/ GLASS MIRROR, COVER & BUBBLE/ STEEL NEEDLE/ LEATHER CASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.7 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 2.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ainsworth
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Colorado
- City
- Denver
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- USED SOMETIME AFTER 1949 AS `DFB' ON CASE, THIS WAS FORMED AFTER THIS DATE
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF BRUNTON COMPASS MADE FOR THE CANADIAN MARKET - Function
-
IT IS DESIGNED FOR ROUGHLY TAKING HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL ANGLES WHEN SURVEYING IN THE FIELD - Technical
-
A LIGHT,PORTABLE INSTRUMENT WHICH MAKES ROUGH READINGS IN THE FIELD EASY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON LID: `The Hughes Owens Co. Ltd./ Montreal. Toronto. Winnipeg/ D.W. BRUNTON'S/ PAT SEPT 18, 1894/ WM AINSWORTH & SONS/ SOLE MANUFACTURERS/ DENVER, COLO. U.S.A./ 6064'/ ON RIM: `6064'/ ON FACE: `W S E/ [CALIBRATED 0 TO 90 IN TWO DIRECTIONS]'/ ON RAISED RING: `[CALIBRATED 0 TO 350]'/ SCRATCHED ON BACK: `DFB'/ HANDWRITTEN ON CASE: `D.F.B./ W.N.M.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- STAR FOR MAGNETIC NORTH DESIGNATION
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Ainsworth, W. & Sons, Compass, after 1894, Artifact no. 1988.1084, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1084.001/
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