Menu 474 of 520 Previousnext FirstLast Sorted by: Instrument type Maker Place Date Overview Details				Catalogue Surveying Compass Signed by Jacob Ramminger Dated 1594; Stuttgart Wood, ivory, brass; 143 x 143 x 14 mm This surveying compass consists of a wooden base covered with ivory and brass. The upper side has a wind rose and a scale of degrees. On the brass plate on the back is an ingenious scale, used to compare the distances between two longitude lines, at the equator and at a given latitude. British Museum, London Registration no. MLA 1896, 8-8.1 © British Museum, London. All rights reserved. Information and images provided here may not be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the museum. Basic URL: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/catalogue.php?ENumber=22908 || Introduction || Essay || Museums || Bibliography || Conventions || Credits || Privacy || Help || || Catalogue entries || Handlist || Makers || Places || Articles || Glossary || Search || Home ||