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Object number
M-470
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Classification
Surveying
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Object name
Compass
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Title
Magnetic Compass: Plane table compass
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Creator
Langenbucher, Jacob
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Description
Rotating compass attached to a shaft with a butterfly spring. Shaft designed to be secured to a plane table or other piece of surveying equipment in the field. Blued needle type 53. Gilt needle brake with running leaf engrving. Rotating shaft locks the needle.
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Inscription/Sig.
"Jacob Langenbucher, fecit Augustae Vindel:"
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Period
c. 1669-1712
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Material
gilt, silvered brass, gilt copper
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Place Of Prod.
Germany
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Dimensions
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2.3 |
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10.7 |
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19 |
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