Title
Table compass. A compass, eleven centimetres wide, in an octagonal wooden frame with a glass cover bordered by brass. The compass needle sits above a disc of paper printed with an anthropomorphic sun in the centre and directions and degrees around the edge.
Identifier
ABDNP:200325a
Description
Octagonal plane table compass. Paper card marked with compass points and in quadrantal degrees brass scale marked 0 - 360. Octagonal mahogany frame with key flap for table. Paper label underneath 'The property of the University of Aberdeen'. Embedded brass disc 'Univ. Abdn. Nat. Phil.'
Date
1799
Format
wood, iron, paper, brass, glass
diameter of compass itself 110 mm
diameter of compass itself 110 mm
Creator
D. Adams, London
Type
Physical Object
UUID
7bc13fa2-16a2-474d-93ee-94bca43d5841