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.

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

Creator

D. Adams, London

Type

Physical Object

UUID

7bc13fa2-16a2-474d-93ee-94bca43d5841

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