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Compass
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Compass

MediumBrass, Steel, Glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x diameter): 13 x 5 1/2in. (33 x 14cm)
ClassificationsInstruments
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Description[Surveyor's compass with lid by John Avery, Preston, Conn. Engraved: "MDF Jan, 1787"]
Object number1980.26.2a-b
MarkingsOn circular center of face " John Avery/ Preston" lid engraved with "MDF" (in script) Jan 1787
Subject Terms
    On View
    On view
    Humidograph with Key
    Humidograph with Key
    The Bristol Company
    1930s
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.85a © 2016 The Connectic…
    Suture Needle
    Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.81a-t © 2016 The Connect…
    Portable Balance
    Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2013.98.2 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Plumb Bob
    Stanley Tools
    1984.119.0 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Globe
    Holbrook Apparatus Mfg. Co.
    1850-1900
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.80a-bb © 2016 The Connec…
    Apothecary Balance
    Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
    Gift of Sara White Lee, 1950.234.0 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Telescope
    Captain Lemuel White
    1780s-1790s
    Orchestral Organette and Music Scrolls
    Orchestral Organette and Music Scrolls
    Wilcox & White Organ Co.
    about 1885
    Tape Measure
    Tape Measure
    Stanley Tools
    Gift of William Porter, 1843.19.0 © 2005 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Drum
    Unknown
    before 1843
    Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2011.465.13 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Ellipsograph with Box
    Richard Welling
    Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2011.465.14 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Slide Rule
    Richard Welling
    eMuseum
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