compass
Datemid 19th-late 19th Century
Inventory Number1996-1-0043
ClassificationMagnetic Compass
Subject
Maker
Otto Fennel
1851 - 1968
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions2 × 10.8 × 13.8 cm (13/16 × 4 1/4 × 5 7/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionCompass with needle and West/East directions reversed. Degree markings are divided into four quadrants measuring 0 degrees to 90 degrees.
Signedon face: Otto Fennel Söhne / Cassel / No. 7137
FunctionIts provenance and maker suggest that this compass was used for surveying work.
ProvenanceDonated by the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Apr. 2, 1992.
Henry Winter
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: carrying case; leather bag; tripod (5186b)
Object number: 5186a
E. & G. W. Blunt
Date: 1844-1857
Accessories: handwritten tables and charts; carrying case; ball-and-socket joint
Object number: 5187
Buff & Berger
Date: 1871-1898
Accessories: plane table compass; sun shade; dust cap
Object number: 5153