Dry Card Compass
Dry Card Compass
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- Description
- The compass has a brass bowl gimbal mounted in a wooden box with a paper card made for Robert Ludlow Shaw. The inscription in the center of the card reads "R. L. SHAW * 222 WATER ST NEW-YORK*."
- The box is marked "J. BELL’S PATENT JANY 25, 1853." This refers to John Bell of New York City who designed a method of joining the corners of wooden boxes.
- Ref: John Bell, "Method of Joining Corners of Boxes, &c." U.S. Patent #9,552 (1853).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Nautical Compass (Dry Card)
- date made
- after 1853
- maker
- Shaw, Robert Ludlow
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Measurements
- compass: 7 1/4 in; 18.415 cm
- box: 10 in x 10 in; 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm
- overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 in x 10 in; 17.145 cm x 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm
- ID Number
- PH.327635
- catalog number
- 327635
- accession number
- 268279
- Credit Line
- Rutgers University
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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