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Pocket Prismatic Compass

Made:: 1890-1914 in Hatton Garden

maker:: James Joseph Hicks

Pocket prismatic magnetic compass by J

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Pocket prismatic magnetic compass by J
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Pocket prismatic magnetic compass by J. Hicks, 8 Hatton Garden, London, 1890-1914.

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Category:: Surveying

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1979-269

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), glass and paper (fibre product)

Measurements:: overall (closed): 25 mm x 103 mm x 75 mm, .2kg

type:: prismatic compass and magnetic compass

credit:: On loan from the Wellcome Trust

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