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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
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, 2016.100.81a-t © 2016 The Connect…
Portable Balance
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.85a © 2016 The Connectic…
Suture Needle
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
Gift of Clifford Alderman, 2013.222.1 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Seal of John Day
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, 2011.465.16 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Camera Lucida
Richard Welling
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