Artist/Maker
Queen & Co.
1893-1912 -
Title
Mapmaker's tool
Mediumbrass, steel, wood
Dimensions15 in. (38.1 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.3298
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA double-edge adjustable bevel eight-inch blade mounted on a brass base allowing 180 degree adjustment with a brass locking screw. The center screw on the base allows for sliding the bevel along a steel rod, let and right six inches. the base can be tilted up to allow the bevel to clear a chart. An eccentric cam with graduated marks on the wood base allows fine adjustment of the bevel positions left and right. The wooden base is marked "Pat Appl'd for/Queen & Co./Maker/Phila."On View
Not on view
19th Century
Circa 1850
c. 1850
c. 1850
c. 1850
Circa 1880
