Compass Chronicles
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Acknowledgements Introduction Terminology Styles Leather Cased Compasses Wood Cased Compasses Round, Brass Compasses Pocket Compendiums Pocket Sundials Gimbaled Pocket Compasses Patents Schmalcalder’s Patent Singer’s Patent Symons’s Patent (True North Compass) Patent Universal Compass Hunter’s Patent Origins Royal Geographical Society Pattern Dial British Compasses British Military Pocket Compasses British, Swiss, & German Military Compasses Escape Compasses Swiss Compasses French Compasses German Compasses Bézard Compasses Russian Compasses Oriental Compasses American Compasses Special Uses U.S. Engineering Department Compasses U.S. Signal Corps Compasses U. S. Stamped Military Compasses Boy Scout and Girl Scout Compasses Marble’s Compass Surveying and Sighting Compasses Clinometers Miners’ Compasses (Dipping Needles) Wrist Compasses Fob, Charm Compasses Promotional Compasses Objects Incorporating a Compass Compasses with Stories to Tell Compass Rose Prints Cardinal Points Appendix A: Compass Makers and Retailers Appendix B: Fake & Reproduction Compasses Appendix C: Frequently Asked Questions Bibliography Index |
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