- 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
- Written in ink on one leaf "James Parker / Turl / Oxford"
- Physical material
- Boxwood and brass
- Object type
- Compass
- Dimensions
- Height: 160mm Width: 51mm Depth: 31mm
- Inventory No
- 95466
- Accession Number
- 1924-15/3
Description
Four folding leaves with 24" scales along each main edge. Inset in base leaf: plummet clinometer moving over roughly divided and graduated semicircular scale and floating card compass.
