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OBJECT TYPE: POCKET/MAGNETIC
DATE: 1911
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1080.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN CASE/ BRASS HARDWARE/ STEEL NEEDLE/ METAL FACE & RING/ GLASS COVER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 9.5 cm
Height: 3.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Harvesting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1912 & 1949 AS BOTH `FS' & `DFS' ON OBJECT, THEY EXISTED IN THIS TIME FRAME
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF COMPASS DISTRIBUTED BY A CANADIAN CO./ ALSO SAMPLE OF COMPASS USED BY THE FOREST SERVICE
Function: 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 FACE: `INSTRUMENTS LIMITED/ OTTAWA & TORONTO/ MADE IN U.S.A./ E S W/ [GRADUATED FROM 0 TO 90 IN TENTHS IN FOUR DIRECTIONS]'/ SCRATCHED INSIDE LID: `DFS/ 27'/ SCRATCHED ON LID: `Forest Service/ Wells H.E.'/ STAMPED IN BACK: `F.S.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CASE STAINED & VARNISHED/ BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: FLEUR-DE-LYS USED AS COMPASS NORTH INDICATOR

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Unknown Manufacturer, Compass, after 1911, Artifact no. 1988.1080, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1080.001/

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