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Compass
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, National Park Service
Greensboro, NC, United States
Early 18th c Butterfield type brass octagonal compass. Dial is signed "Butterfield A Paris." Folding bird gnomon with latitudes 40-60 degrees. Obverse engraved with hour scales for latitudes 43, 49, and 52 degrees. Compass with fine blued-iron needle. North marked with fleur-de-lys. Underside engraved with latitudes of 19 continental towns and cities. 1 brass leg for balancing. Documented as being descended from the Earl of Tredegar, the Wales' family, and through Lady Blanche Hoaire to the Earl of Carrick, Ireland.
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Details
- Title: Compass
- Contributor: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, National Park Service
- Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/revwar/guco/gucoroads.html
- Source: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
- National Park Service Catalog Number: GUCO 1682
- Measurements: H 2.0, W 7.0, L 8.8 cm
- Materials: Brass
- Date: c 1690-1700
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