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Brass Gimbaled Surveyor's Compass by Davis & Son, London & Derby, 5 in. dia. silvered dial signed Davis & Son London & Derby No. 269 , quadrant bearings in block letters and two inset spirit levels, needle ring calibrated 0-360 by degrees, steel hand, thumbscrew vernier adjustment, gimbal locking latch and 3/4 in. dial silvered dial marked Davis's Improved Arc and calibrated on two scales 0-90, and hinged sighting vanes, lg. 11 1/2, ht. 8 in. Compass dial loose in housing.


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Date:
2010-05-01

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