compass

Title

compass

Identifier

ABDNP:200168a

Description

Plane table, with compass, sector, sights, and stand . A plane table compass by G. Adams, almost identical with the extent of this set, is in the Whipple Museum and is illustrated in their catalogue of surveying instruments (Catalogue 1, The Whipple Museum, Cambridge, 1982).

Date

1790-1810

Format

wood, paper, brass

Coverage

London

Creator

signed D. Adams, London