Pair of pocket compasses

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Pair of pocket compasses
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Pair of pocket compasses, with reversible heads carrying two plain points, a pen and a pencil holder, with brass sheath for points

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Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1919-470

type:: compasses (drawing instruments)

credit:: Thomas H. Court

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