Pointer, station
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0237.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hughes-Owens Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 8600
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1202
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD (MAHOGANY) CASE WITH FELT LINING/ BRASS INSTRUMENT/ GLASS & SYNTHETIC? MAGNIFYING GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.8 cm
- Width
- 27.0 cm
- Height
- 6.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Survey equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HUGHES OWENS
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED FOR FIXING POSITION ALONG A COAST; PLACED FLAT ON THE CHART THE ARMS COULD BE MANIPULATED SO THAT KNOWN BEARINGS COULD BE IDENTIFIED ON THE CHART & THUS THE SHIP'S POSITION CALCULATED (REF.1, P.66). SEE ILLUSTRATION OF SIMILAR INSTRUMENT (REF.1, P.64) - Technical
-
THE STATION POINTER WAS INVENTED BY MURDOCH MACKENZIE IN 1870S IN BRITAIN, CONSISTING OF A CIRCULAR BAND OF BRASS WITH THREE ADJUSTABLE ARMS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED GOLD MFR'S NAME & MODEL NO./ INCISED SERIAL NO. & SCALE NUMBERS & MARKINGS/ GOLD TRIM ON ARMS [LARGELY MISSING]
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WOOD STAINEDBROWN & LACQUERED/ BRASS COLOURED METAL/ BLACK LACQUERED, OR PAINTED GOLD/ MAGNIFYING GLASS COLOURED VARIOUS BROWNS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Hughes-Owens Co. Ltd., Pointer, station, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1982.0237, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1982.0237.001/
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