Dry-card compass

Object/Artifact

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Dry-card compass

Entry/Object ID

1964.025.001

Description

Dry-card compass believed to come originally from the Star of India. (Old N-21) In binnacle T-00004

Collection

Instruments Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Thompson, William

Notes

Date: late nineteenth-century?

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Compass

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Navigational Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Surveying & Navigational T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Search Terms

Euterpe, Star of India

Material

Brass, Glass