Compass or divider, fragment, bronze
Accession Number: 17.230.62
Compass or divider, fragment, bronze
Accession Number: 17.230.33
Compass or divider, fragment, bronze
Accession Number: 17.230.63
Compass of the world from BL Royal 17 C XXXVIII, f. 41v
Compass of the world. Image taken from f. 41v of Travels (index Itinerarium, Voyage d'outre mer) in Middle English. Written in English.
Portable compass dial, copper alloy, Bohemia
Johann Klocksperger
St. Peter's, drum, plan, at two levels (recto) compass (verso)
Drawn by Anonymous, French, 16th century
Compass of Louis de Boisot
Louis de Boisot was an admiral from Zeeland. He is chiefly remembered for leading the forces that breached the dikes around Leiden during the Spanish siege of the city. The rising water forced the Spaniards to ... More
Kompas, bronze
Klein, rechthoekig instrument in de vorm van een boekband met vier sloten. Aan de bovenkant van de bovenzijde een cirkel met 2 x I-XII uren. In de vier hoeken hoofdjes die de vier windrichtingen symboliseren. D... More
Kompasdoos
Buitenste kompasdoos bestaande uit een ronde rechtwandige doos met aan de onderkant een uitstekende rand en aan de bovenkant een enigszins terugspringende rand. De kompasdoos is aan de bovenzijde open en heeft ... More
[Gerhard Mercator, half-length portrait, facing left, holding compass ...
Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra. Dvisbvrgi Clivorvm : [1595] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Weste... More
Portable compass dial
Possibly by E.C. Stockert
Beam compass, copper alloy
Christopher Trechsler (ca. 1550–ca. 1624, married 1571) the Elder, son of Lorenz
Bus met tekeninstrumenten uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollan...
Tools and instruments, case of drawing instruments; (12); a: (1) case, oval in section, slightly tapering (6.9h, 4.7-4.1w, 2.3d), engraved decoration of floral motifs with plain central panel, moulded upper rim... More
A new and correct map of the world : laid down according to the newest...
Relief shown pictorially. Insets: The northern hemisphere upon the plane of the Equinoctial -- The northern coelestial hemisphere -- A projection of ye world upon equidistant meridians and parallels -- The nort... More
Portable compass dial, copper alloy
Claude Dunod
Azimuth Compass coat of arms
Azimutkompas in cardanusring in een houten doos, waarvan de deksel ontbreekt. De cardanusring kan gedraaid worden voor peilingen. Het kompas heeft een vaste pelorus, de ketel is verzwaard met een loden gewicht ... More
Illus. of the Rectifier, in Andrew Wakeley, The Mariner's compass rect...
Illus. in: Andrew Wakeley, The Mariner's compass rectified, London, J. Mount and T. Page, 1766. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORKS; Navig... More
Surveyor's Compass, copper alloy
John Heilig (1765–1841) Made in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States
Pocket Compass
Zakkompas in messing huis, met verzilverde messing bodem waarop de windrichtingen zijn gegraveerd; de hoek tussen Noord-West en Noord is verdeeld in 5 graden. Op een verhoogde rand ter hoogte van de naald is ee... More
Rasmus Dekker - Sun Compass coat of arms
Kompas in cardanusring in een houten doos met handvaten. De vierkante houten kompasketel is verzwaard met een loden gewicht onderin. Op een van de zijden is een kantelende zonnewijzer opgericht: hij bestaat uit... More
Azimuth Compass with Tripod, Poland
Azimutkompas in een houten doos. Het kompas heeft een vaste peilinrichting. Het oculair hiervan bestaat uit een prismatisch vizier om de roos te lezen, gecombineerd met een spleet-vizier met een zwart en groen ... More
Tripod for a Azimuth Compass
De driepoot heeft een mik om het kompas in op te hangen.
Compass in binnacle, copper alloy
The ship’s compass was used to determine the course of a vessel and was thus the most important instrument on board. At night it could be safely kept in this binnacle (in Dutch nachthuis or ‘night house’). A sm... More
Dipping Needle Compass
Inclinatiekompas in cardanusring in een houten doos. De kompasketel is verzwaard met een loden gewicht onderin. De roos heeft een gat in het midden, waarover een messing brug loopt met het ophangpunt voor de pe... More
Azimuth Compass, copper alloy
Azimutkompas in cardanusring in een houten doos. De kompasketel is verzwaard met een loden gewicht onderin. De roos is op een eigenaardige manier opgehangen: in de ketel is een kleine cardanusring aangebracht, ... More
Pivot and Two Compass Cards
Kompaspen met robijnen punt op een houten voetstuk, met roos. De roos heeft een messing dop in het midden met gat voor de pen onderin: het draaien van de roos werd door de gebruikte materialen verbeterd, terwij... More
Compendious chart exhibiting, at one view, the names of about thirteen...
Includes text, compass rose, and ill. of Capitol. LC copy halved and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington 149 Vault DCP
Compendious chart exhibiting, at one view, the names of about thirteen...
"Entered according to Act of Congress the 3rd day of April 1827, by P. Hawkes of the State of Pennsylvania." Includes text, compass rose, and ill. of Capitol. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More
David Octavius Hill - James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Inventor of the stea...
Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1844..Accession no. PGP HA 541 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.90 x 15.20 cm .Credit Provenance unknown ..For more information please select here ( http://www.national... More
Drawing of a Surveyor's Compass
This patent was designed by Samuel Kern. Utility Patent Drawings
Chinese Compass, copper alloy
Chinees kompas bestaand uit een kom, aan de binnenzijde wit beschilderd en bedekt met glas, met daarin een droge kompasnaald. Chinese kompassen kennen een onderverdeling in 24 windrichtingen. De windrichtingen ... More
Liquid Compass
Vloeistofkompas met accessoires in cardanusring in houten doos; de vloeistof is verloren, het glas is aangetast van binnen, de roos is geheel bedekt met een ondoorzichtige laag, de deksel van de doos ontbreekt.... More
map from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ire...
This image has been taken from scan 000054 from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. A new series of outline Maps, with illustrations of the Mariner's compass and solar system, etc... More
map from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ire...
This image has been taken from scan 000058 from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. A new series of outline Maps, with illustrations of the Mariner's compass and solar system, etc... More
map from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ire...
This image has been taken from scan 000046 from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. A new series of outline Maps, with illustrations of the Mariner's compass and solar system, etc... More
map from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ire...
This image has been taken from scan 000031 from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. A new series of outline Maps, with illustrations of the Mariner's compass and solar system, etc... More
map from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ire...
This image has been taken from scan 000022 from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. A new series of outline Maps, with illustrations of the Mariner's compass and solar system, etc... More
map from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ire...
This image has been taken from scan 000041 from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. A new series of outline Maps, with illustrations of the Mariner's compass and solar system, etc... More
map from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ire...
This image has been taken from scan 000050 from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. A new series of outline Maps, with illustrations of the Mariner's compass and solar system, etc... More
map from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ire...
This image has been taken from scan 000017 from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. A new series of outline Maps, with illustrations of the Mariner's compass and solar system, etc... More
map from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ire...
This image has been taken from scan 000036 from "Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. A new series of outline Maps, with illustrations of the Mariner's compass and solar system, etc... More
world from "Admiralty Manual for ascertaining and applying the Deviati...
This image has been taken from scan 000127 from "Admiralty Manual for ascertaining and applying the Deviations of the Compass caused by Iron in a ship. Edited by F. J. Evans and Archibald Smith. [With a preface... More
world from "Admiralty Manual for ascertaining and applying the Deviati...
This image has been taken from scan 000129 from "Admiralty Manual for ascertaining and applying the Deviations of the Compass caused by Iron in a ship. Edited by F. J. Evans and Archibald Smith. [With a preface... More
world from "Admiralty Manual for ascertaining and applying the Deviati...
This image has been taken from scan 000125 from "Admiralty Manual for ascertaining and applying the Deviations of the Compass caused by Iron in a ship. Edited by F. J. Evans and Archibald Smith. [With a preface... More
[Mariner's compass]
Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Epistola Petri Peregrini de Maricourt ad Sygerum de Foucaucourt militem de magnete" in Bulletino di bibliografia e de storia della scienze matematiche e fisiche, t. 1.... More
Drawing compass [with fine point brush]
Title from item. Japanese text appears on the right, outside the image box. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Medicine" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. F... More
[Fernando Magellan, half-length portrait, facing left; holding globe a...
Illus. in Narrative and critical history of America / Winsor. 1886, v. 2, p. 595. Reference copy in BIOG. FILE - Magellan, Fernando, 1470?-1521.
[Compass Point, Bude, Cornwall, England] view, photochrome print postc...
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "11127". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More
diagram from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Orig...
This image has been taken from scan 000237 from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Originally edited in 1862 by F. J. Evans ... and Archibald Smith ... Sixth edition. Published by order of ...... More
map from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Original...
This image has been taken from scan 000243 from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Originally edited in 1862 by F. J. Evans ... and Archibald Smith ... Sixth edition. Published by order of ...... More
diagram from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Orig...
This image has been taken from scan 000251 from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Originally edited in 1862 by F. J. Evans ... and Archibald Smith ... Sixth edition. Published by order of ...... More
map from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Original...
This image has been taken from scan 000241 from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Originally edited in 1862 by F. J. Evans ... and Archibald Smith ... Sixth edition. Published by order of ...... More
diagram from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Orig...
This image has been taken from scan 000253 from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Originally edited in 1862 by F. J. Evans ... and Archibald Smith ... Sixth edition. Published by order of ...... More
map from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Original...
This image has been taken from scan 000245 from "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of the Compass. Originally edited in 1862 by F. J. Evans ... and Archibald Smith ... Sixth edition. Published by order of ...... More
[Children in school in Washington, D.C. - learning how a compass is ma...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "3rd Division."
[Sebastian Cabot, half-length portrait, standing with compass and glob...
Y16118 U.S. Copyright Office. From the painting by Chapman after the original attributed to Holbein. Copyright by G. Barrie & Sons.
Seks menn fotografert ombord på oppsynsskipet Heimdal
Seks menn fotografert ombord på oppsynsskipet Heimdal
[Man with globe, compass, and books gazing over landscape]
Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Our Invisible Helpers" by Maurice Maeterlinck, Cosmopolitan, 63:41 (Nov. 1917).
Boy's Activities - Junior Naval Reserve - Camp Dewey, Conn. - U.S. Jun...
Photographer: U.S. Junior Naval Reserve, N.Y.C. Boy's Activities - Junior Naval Reserve - Camp Dewey, Conn.
Colleges and Universities - Harvard University - Harvard University R....
Photographer: Herbert Turner Colleges and Universities - Harvard University
Airplanes - Instruments - Testing Aeroplane Compass Naval Observation ...
Photographer: C.P.I. Airplanes - Instruments
With compass and T-square
Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial arm amputations perform mechanical drafting without the need for prostheses. Poster caption: For one-armed men, mechanical drafting has proved a good ... More
Från KSSS och KMK:s dagdistanstävling för motorbåtar Stavsnäs-Sandhamn...
Från KSSS och KMK:s dagdistanstävling för motorbåtar Stavsnäs-Sandhamn 9 juli 1932; fröknarna Grönstedt i Karl Grönstedts motorjakt INGMAR.
Photograph Looking Down in Emergency Control Station of a Dirigible , ...
Original Caption: Photograph Looking Down in Emergency Control Station of a Dirigible , ca. 1933..U.S. National Archives’ HMS Record Entry ID: NWL-16051..Creator: U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate ... More