- Subject
- Compasses
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Presented by Charles Parker in 1924. Designed and used by his father, the late Mr. James Parker of Oxford.
- Primary inscriptions
- "JAMES PARKER THE TURL OXFORD T.N. 22° E. OF M.N." [on brass plaque set into the instrument].
- Physical material
- Boxwood and brass
- Object type
- Compass
- Dimensions
- Height: 160mm Width: 70mm Depth: 39mm Weight: 0.65kg
- Inventory No
- 39110
- Accession Number
- 1924-15/1
Description
Brass, box-wood rule hinged to provide four leaves, with in the base a magnetic compass and a pendulum clinometer with scale 30° - 0° -40° by ones; and with two paurs of brass sights, one for the compass and one for the clinometer. Extends to 24 inches. Leather carrying case is presumably 22037.
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