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Dry card compass
dry card compass
INSTRUMENTS - COMPASSES - DRY CARDMerrill & Sons
USA, NY, New York
Circa 1880
0 x 0 x 4.00
Dry card compass, by Merrill, NY. From smack sloop CAROLINE (bu. c. 1830, Noank; Capt. Arthur Rathbun). Marked CAROLINE in lead pencil. Brass bowl, painted light lead inside, aluminum outside. No glass. Box painted grey. Swings freely and registers North. Period possibly 1875-1900, Connecticut. Card diameter 6 1/2"; box 10"x10"x6 3/4".
1934.56