Surveyor's Compass
Surveyor's Compass
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- Description
- This surveyor's compass, with a face reading clockwise, reflects a British rather than an American design. In Britain it would have been referred to as a “circumferentor.” The "W. & S. JONES 30 Holborn London" inscription refers to an instrument firm that was in business from 1791 to 1859, and at this address from 1800 to 1859.
- Ref: Gloria Clifton, Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 (London, 1995), p. 155.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Surveyor's Compass
- maker
- W. & S. Jones
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London, City of London
- Measurements
- overall length: 11 3/4 in; 29.845 cm
- needle: 4 in; 10.16 cm
- overall in box: 2 3/4 in x 12 in x 5 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 30.48 cm x 14.605 cm
- ID Number
- PH.336705
- accession number
- 1979.0770
- catalog number
- 336705
- Credit Line
- Bill D. Stribling
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Surveying and Geodesy
- Measuring & Mapping
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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