Artist/Maker
Marine Compass Co.
Title
Cole Course protractor
DateCirca 1920
Mediumbrass, steel, plastic, wood
Dimensions2 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 21 3/4 in. (7 × 11.4 × 55.2 cm)
Object number1958.8
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA compass rose with a precision metal arm and a plastic guide for plotting a course on a chart. The protractor is in a fitted mahogany case. The patent on the instrument is October 1907.On View
Not on view
1725-1960
Circa 1850
