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- OBJECT TYPE
- SURVEYING/MAGNETIC
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1092.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Watts, E.R. & Son
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 19
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS/ STEEL/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.5 cm
- Width
- 13.5 cm
- Height
- 4.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Watts
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY AFTER 1949 AS THIS IS WHEN THE DOMINION FORESTRY BRANCH EXISTED - `DFB' MARKED ON COMPASS
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF A LINE WITH REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTION OF A MAGNETIC NEEDLE - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON SIGHTING ARM: `E.R. WATTS & SON/ LONDON.'/ ON FACE: `N W S E'/ ON RAISED RING: GRADUATIONS MARKED EVERY DEGREE FROM 0 TO 90 IN FOUR DIRECTIONS/ SCRATCHED ON BACK: `T.S. 454/ D.F.B.'/ ON BACK: `19'
- Missing
- BALL JOINT & SOCKET FOR MOUNTING ON TRIPOD
- Finish
- BRASS PRINTED BLACK/ MARKINGS BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Watts, E.R. & Son, Compass, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.1092, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1092.001/
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