- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- TL42401.2
- People
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Edward Nairne, English (1726 - 1806)
Manufactured by Eade & Wilton, English (fl. 1740-1765)
- Title
- Mariner’s Dry-Card Compass
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Work Type
- tool/equipment
- Date
- 1765
- Culture
- English
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/370666
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3500, Special Exhibitions Gallery
View this object's location on our interactive map - Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Glass, oak, brass, lead
- Dimensions
- 16.8 × 31 × 29.4 cm (6 5/8 × 12 3/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
- Object Number
- TL42401.2
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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- Exhibition History
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