Deklinationskompas

International names:

Compas

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Compass. Azimuth.Wooden bowl 190x190x80. Glass cover fastened with putty, which is marked by impressions: stars and flowers. Diopter: slit and wire. The glass marked with crossed lines (N-S and E-W). Brass gimbals. Oak case 280x280x155 with sliding lid. Dry compass card. Black print on white, 0-90-0-90, 32 cardinal points. Fleur de lys at North, acanthus leaves at East and centre.Signed: O.P.Sangaard / Kiøbenhavn1800 app (g)

• Category: Magnets
• Hauch number: L23
• Inventory number: 8660
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 2273

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §0
• Cabinet 1: 0 48

• Literature:

• Sangaard(1757)