Compass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FORESTRY/POCKET/MAGNETIC
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1087.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SILVA LTD.
- MODEL
- RANGER 15T
- LOCATION
- Stockholm, Sweden
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- LEATHER CASE/ALUMINUM COMPASS RING/ SYNTHETIC LID, BASE & CORD/ STEEL NEEDLE/ BRASS HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 6.5 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
- SILVA
- Country
- Sweden
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Stockholm
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY IN THE 1960'S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF COMPASS MADE FOR THE CANADIAN MARKET - 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/ LUMINOUS POINTS ENABLE USERS TO WORK IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON LID: `MADE BY SILVA/ SILVA [REG. TRADE MARK SYMBOL]/ STOCKHOLM 60 SWEDEN'/ ON BASE: `TYPE/ 15T/ SILVA [LOGO]/ THE RANGER/ INCHES & 1/10" [GRADUATED SCALE FROM 1/2 TO 3 1/2]/ CM. & MM. [GRADUATED SCALE FROM 1 TO 9]'/ ON BOTTOM OF COMPASS RING: `PAT SW.152750 US.2824382 CAN.542358 SWISS.314681 NORW.89197 MADE IN SWEDEN FOR SILVA LTD. TORONTO ONT. CANADA'/ ON COMPASS RING TOP: `N E W S/ [GRADUATED SCALE MARKED FROM 20 TO 360]'/ ON COMPASS FACE: `W.decl./ E.decl./ [GRADUATED SCALE FROM 0 TO 90 IN TWO DIRECTIONS]'/ ON CASE: `SILVA [LOGO]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LID BLACK PLASTIC/ BASE MARKINGS RED/ COMPASS MARKINGS BLACK
- Decoration
- MIDDLE SECTION OF LID RAISED/ TREE LOGO ON LID & BASE
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SILVA LTD., Compass, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1988.1087, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1087.001/
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