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OBJECT TYPE: BRUNTON/POCKET/PRISMATIC
DATE: 1894
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1084.001

MANUFACTURER: Ainsworth, W. & Sons
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 6064
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM CASE/ BRASS HARDWARE & SIGHT/ GLASS MIRROR, COVER & BUBBLE/ STEEL NEEDLE/ LEATHER CASE

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.7 cm
Width: 7.0 cm
Height: 2.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Ainsworth
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Colorado
City: Denver

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: USED SOMETIME AFTER 1949 AS `DFB' ON CASE, THIS WAS FORMED AFTER THIS DATE
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF BRUNTON COMPASS MADE FOR THE CANADIAN MARKET
Function: IT IS DESIGNED FOR ROUGHLY TAKING HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL ANGLES WHEN SURVEYING IN THE FIELD
Technical: A LIGHT,PORTABLE INSTRUMENT WHICH MAKES ROUGH READINGS IN THE FIELD EASY
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON LID: `The Hughes Owens Co. Ltd./ Montreal. Toronto. Winnipeg/ D.W. BRUNTON'S/ PAT SEPT 18, 1894/ WM AINSWORTH & SONS/ SOLE MANUFACTURERS/ DENVER, COLO. U.S.A./ 6064'/ ON RIM: `6064'/ ON FACE: `W S E/ [CALIBRATED 0 TO 90 IN TWO DIRECTIONS]'/ ON RAISED RING: `[CALIBRATED 0 TO 350]'/ SCRATCHED ON BACK: `DFB'/ HANDWRITTEN ON CASE: `D.F.B./ W.N.M.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: STAR FOR MAGNETIC NORTH DESIGNATION

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Ainsworth, W. & Sons, Compass, after 1894, Artifact no. 1988.1084, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1084.001/

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