cross, surveyor's

Sights-Four sight vanes 3.5" (9cm) long. One mounted at each corner of square brass base plate. Two with a vertical slit with a rectangular aperture above. Two with the opposite arrangement.
Compass-Dia. 9.5" (24cm) mounted at centre of instrument. Fitted wih a blued steel flat bar needle which is tapered and has a slightly expanded centre, 8.25" (21cm) long, with a jewelled pivot cap at centre. Graduated to 16 points and quadrantally in degrees.

Object Details

ID: NAV1385
Type: cross, surveyor's
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyk, Jan Van
Date made: circa 1780
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 130 mm x 250 mm x 250 mm