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Lacquered-Brass Vernier Surveyor's Compass by Stancliffe & Draper, with 5 1/2-inch silvered dial engraved Stancliffe & Draper, Philadelphia, Warranted , cross-hatched and shaded star to North, needle ring with engraved divisions 0-90° in four quadrants, blued-steel needle with clamp, baluster-form vernier with clamp, and tapering limb with "T" vials and screw-on sight vanes, lg. 15 1/2 in., ht. 9 1/2 in.


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Date:
2006-07-29

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