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Official U.S. Air Force compass of 1915 signed Ceebynite Short & Mason N.Y.
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Pocket compass in use by 1915 U.S. Air Force officers made of brass in the shape of an onion clock, signed Ceebynite Short & Mason Taylor Rochester N.Y. The compass is equipped with a snap-lock cover with release button inside the ring. Four-wind rose complete with goniometric circle for calculating horizontal angles.
Buono stato perfettamente funzionante. Measurements 4.5x1.7 cm - inches 1.8x0.7.
Look at the last one is the gift box.
Taylor Instrument Companies was an American manufacturer located in Rochester, New York. The business began in 1851, when George Taylor and his partner Kendall made thermometers in Rochester, selling them from their truck. The company's name was changed in 1872 to Taylor Bros. and in 1900 it acquired Short & Mason (of London), founded by Thomas Watling Short and William James Mason in 1875 at 40 Hatton Gardens, London. For a short time Short & Mason made the Taylor line of compasses in England, but around 1915-1918 production was moved to the United States.
The earliest historical records of the use of magnetic directive force in Europe date back to the late sec. XII or early XIII and attribute the exploitation of the properties of the magnet to the Amalfitans. The news that they had invented the compass, given by the Panormite and repeated by Flavio Biondo, gave rise to the legend of a nonexistent Flavio Gioia of Amalfi, who in 1302 allegedly built the first compass. Lo strumento si sarebbe diffuso nel Mediterraneo e sarebbe poi stato importato nei paesi nordici.
- Dimensions:Height: 0.7 in (1.78 cm)Diameter: 1.8 in (4.58 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Period:1910-1919
- Date of Manufacture:1915
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Milan, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1020243522292
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