Compass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Ruling pen/bow
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0706.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- steel with aluminum thumb grip
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.8 cm
- Width
- 3.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Drawing & measuring instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- W.A. Ramsay was Chief Architect, Department of Transport (D.O.T.) between 1952 & 1974.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
fitted with ruling pen point/ drafting compass is used to draw arcs or circles on architectural plan; needle end is positioned at centre of circle while end containing ruling pen nib is rotated to draw arc or circle/ ruling pen point is used for drawing very thin lines with ink & other drawing fluids; line width can be adjusted - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- none
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- silver with black bow spring
- Decoration
- none
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Unknown Manufacturer, Compass, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2003.0706, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0706.003/
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