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- Date
- c. 1915
- Material
- metal; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1013 a-c
- Description
- 3 prismatic compasses, olive-drab painting on the body, military issue, marked: “U.S.E.D. CREAGH-OSBORNE MARCHING COMPASS. MARK VII. MOD.E. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO. BROOKLYN, N.Y. In leather carrying cases. “Captain Frank Osborne Creagh-Osborne, Royal Navy, (1867/1943) was Superintendent of Compasses …
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- Title
- Compass
- Date
- c. 1915
- Material
- metal; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- 3 prismatic compasses, olive-drab painting on the body, military issue, marked: “U.S.E.D. CREAGH-OSBORNE MARCHING COMPASS. MARK VII. MOD.E. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO. BROOKLYN, N.Y. In leather carrying cases. “Captain Frank Osborne Creagh-Osborne, Royal Navy, (1867/1943) was Superintendent of Compasses with the British Admiralty and inventor. His various inventions were built by H. Hughes & Son Ltd, Dent & Co & Johnson Ltd, Sperry Gyroscopes Co., etc. There exist two versions of a sturdy and heavy LENSATIC marching compass made by SPERRY GYROSCOPE Co. BROOKLYN N.Y.” “MARK VII MOD.E. Technical Data: - Foldable rifle-type sighting system- Adjustable lense- Case: brass- Dimensions: 85 x 60 x 32 mm- Weight: 230 gr- Fluid damped compass card”Quoted material from: http://www.compassmuseum.com/hand/hand_2.htm
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1013 a-c
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Copy Stand Parts
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- wood, metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1018 a-e
- Description
- 5 pieces dark oak; photographic stand parts; solid wood 2.0 cm thick; (a) 56.0x56.0 with a 53.5x13.0 ledge at an angle; a 5.0 bar across back; inset into front is (b) 35.5x35.5, has 4 metal'shoes' 2 round 4.5 diameter and 2 square, open one side; slides under 2metal bars on (a); (c) 13.0x56…
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- Title
- Copy Stand Parts
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- wood, metal
- Description
- 5 pieces dark oak; photographic stand parts; solid wood 2.0 cm thick; (a) 56.0x56.0 with a 53.5x13.0 ledge at an angle; a 5.0 bar across back; inset into front is (b) 35.5x35.5, has 4 metal'shoes' 2 round 4.5 diameter and 2 square, open one side; slides under 2metal bars on (a); (c) 13.0x56.0 part of drawer, with lock one end and brasshandle centered;(d) 7.6x63.0, 2 holes each end; (e) 58.0x5.0; wedge shaped with nipple one end.
- Subject
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1018 a-e
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