Table, plane
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1131.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- HOME BUILT
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BOARD/ BRASS COMPASS CASE WITH GLASS COVER & STEEL NEEDLE/ BRASS MOUNTING RING & METAL SUPPORTRODS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 51.0 cm
- Width
- 40.5 cm
- Height
- 1.5 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
PROBABLY HAND MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
USED FOR A FLAT SURFACE, IN THE FIELD, TO DRAW BEARINGS, SIGHTED BY AN ALIDADE RESTING ON THE SURFACE, ON AN ATTACHED PIECE OF PAPER, THUS CREATING FIELD MAPS - Technical
-
FAST & EFFICIENT WAY TO DRAW FAIRLY ACCURATE MAPS IN THE FIELD - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON COMPASS CASE: `W. & L.E. GURLEY, TROY, N.Y.'
- Missing
- UNIVERSAL JOINT MOUNTING, TRIPOD, & ALIDADE
- Finish
- UNFINISHED WOOD/ POLISHED BRASS
- Decoration
- NONE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Table, plane, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.1131, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1131.001/
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