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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRUNTON/POCKET/PRISMATIC
- DATE
- 1894
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1089.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 7335
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM CASE/ BRASS HARDWARE/ GLASS MIRROR, COVER & BUBBLE LEVEL/ 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
- 8.0 cm
- Width
- 7.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF INSTRUMENT MADE IN ENGLAND FOR THE CANADIAN MARKET - Function
-
IT IS DESIGNED FOR ROUGHLY TAKING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ANGLES WHEN DOING FIELD SURVEYS - Technical
-
A LIGHT PORTABLE SURVEYING INSTRUMENT WHICH MAKES ROUGH READINGS IN THE FIELD EASY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON LID: `THE HUGHES-OWENS CO. LD./ MONTREAL & WINNIPEG/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ NO 7335'/ ON FACE: `N W S/ [CALIBRATED 0 TO 90 IN TWO DIRECTIONS]'/ ON RAISED RING: `[CALIBRATED 0 TO 90 IN FOUR DIRECTIONS]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- `FLOWER' SHAPE AROUND MAGNETICNORTH DESIGNATION
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Unknown Manufacturer, Compass, after 1894, Artifact no. 1988.1089, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1089.001/
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