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Dry Card Compass

Catalogue number:
PH*315105

Inscriptions:
"Jorges da Costa / Mivanda afez em / Lisboa Ann^o 1711"

Dimensions:
box 9 inches square

Discussion:
This compass has a wooden bowl, paper card, and wooden box with gimbal mounts. It is a replica of an instrument in the Whipple Museum of the History of Science at Cambridge University.

Further Information:

Compass