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Jaguar Face
grey pottery head of a jaguar with decorative incisions
Dr. Lorimer's dipping compass. An octagonal wooden box from out of which projects four intersecting brass rings perpendicular to each other and incised with degree scales. Suspended in the innermost ring, which is oriented upright, is a needle which can rotate freely inside the ring.
Instrument for showing that a compass needle not only points to magnetic north but if freely suspended will point into the ground. This later phenomenon is known as the 'dip' of the compass needle. Horizontal scale 0 -90 in 1/20 on either side of N…
Azimuth compass. A compass with a rotatable ring-shaped brass frame around it mounted on a heavy brass stand. The frame is marked with degree scales. Four removable rectangular plates of brass, each with a rectangular hole, a slit and three small circular holes in them, project vertically from the frame equidistant from one another.
Azimuth compass in wooden box with lid and lock and key . Brass scales. 4 sights are detachable - 2 fit on rotating compass ring and 2 on meridional line. Each sight has a slit and a cross wire one above the other. Box has inset disc ' Univ. Abdn.…
basket
Oval basket, with openwork decoration.