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- OBJECT TYPE
- POCKET/PRISMATIC
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1085.001
- MANUFACTURER
- F.B. & S. (1932) Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- B1043
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS/ LEATHER/ GLASS/ STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.0 cm
- Width
- 10.0 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
- FB&S
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS ONE AFTER 1949 AS LID MARKED `DFB', WHICH IS WHEN THE DOMINION FORESTRY BRANCH WAS FORMED
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF A LINE WITH REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTION OF A MAGENTIC DIAL - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON LID: `F.B & S (1932) LTD/ [UP ARROW] B1043'/ SCRATCHED ON LID: `DFB'/ ON FLOATING RING: `N/ [GRADUATED DEGREE MARKINGS FROM 10 TO 360 IN MIRROR REVERSE]'/ HANDWRITTENON CASE: `B1043'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED SHINY BLACK/ CASE, LIGHT BROWN/ MARKINGS BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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F.B. & S. (1932) Ltd., Compass, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.1085, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1085.001/
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