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Magnetic Compass, by Spencer & Co., London, Early 19th Century

Inventory Number 38892


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.38892

Subject
Compasses
Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased.
Primary inscriptions
"SPENCER & Cc. No. 66 WAPPING London" [printed on compass card].
Object type
Compass
Dimensions
Diameter: 67mm Depth: 27mm
Inventory No
38892
Accession Number
1976-10

Description

Brass case with push-fit lid, with compass card pivotting on a pin. The card is black with white compass rose, calibrated in quarters, with 32 points of the compass of which North and East are decorated.