Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.166
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Compass, Bow
Title:
Ringhead Bow Pen
Year Range from:
1960
Year Range to:
1996
Description:
Ringhead Bow Pen
Object has two arms, help together at one end by a hinge and ring. Ring has a small cylindrical handle on its top. At the center of the two arms is a thumbscrew. Thumbscrew is positioned on the outside of the arm that holds the drawing nib. Thumbscrew is used to set the distance between the tips of the instrument. Thumbscrew has a tapered throat that holds it in place on the arm. One tip is a cylindrical nib with a pin like tip at the end held in place by a thumbscrew. The other tip is a nib with a thumbscrew that is designed to hold a pencil lead in place.
Object has two arms, help together at one end by a hinge and ring. Ring has a small cylindrical handle on its top. At the center of the two arms is a thumbscrew. Thumbscrew is positioned on the outside of the arm that holds the drawing nib. Thumbscrew is used to set the distance between the tips of the instrument. Thumbscrew has a tapered throat that holds it in place on the arm. One tip is a cylindrical nib with a pin like tip at the end held in place by a thumbscrew. The other tip is a nib with a thumbscrew that is designed to hold a pencil lead in place.
Search Terms:
JMIC
Government
Federal
Prospecting
Mining
Map
Drafting
Government
Federal
Prospecting
Mining
Map
Drafting
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