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Compass rose
Compass rose

Compass rose

Inventory Number1998-1-1094
ClassificationCompass Card
Subject
    Place of OriginNew York, New York, United States
    Dimensions16.6 x 16.6 x 16.6 cm (6 9/16 x 6 9/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
    SignedD. EGGERT & SON 239 PEARL ST. NEW YORK
    Curatorial Remarksstored with 1998-1-1089
    Compass rose
    Samuel Thaxter & Son
    Object number: 1998-1-1089
    Compass rose
    Samuel Thaxter & Son
    Object number: 1998-1-1091
    Compass rose
    Samuel Thaxter & Son
    Object number: 1998-1-1096
    Compass rose
    N. R. Holzer
    Object number: 1998-1-1093
    Compass rose (2)
    Samuel Emery
    Object number: 1998-1-1099
    magnetized compass card similar to that used in S.W Thompson binacle compass
    English
    Date: circa 1880
    Accessories: square oak box
    Object number: 5324
    Robert Merrill
    Date: 1839
    Object number: 2018-1-0001
    collection of compass cards (both original and modern)
    Pierre Debombourg
    Date: mid 17th-mid 20th Century
    Object number: 2006-1-0057
    magnetic compass in binnacle for Beall's compass deviascope
    Henry Hughes & Son, Ltd.
    Date: 1900-1915
    Accessories: instruction manual for instrument is in box of disassembled parts.
    Object number: DW0141c
    marine wet card compass
    E. S. Ritchie & Sons
    Date: 1919
    Accessories: azimuth circle (5330b)
    Object number: 5330a
    mariner's dry card compass with azimuth fixture
    Samuel Thaxter & Son
    Date: 1825-1843
    Object number: DW0519