Item

Category: Archives -> Books  
Donor: Audrey Robertson Boals
Location: Document Room -> Document Boxes -> Robertson Collection 2  
Accession Number: 2018.2660.5  
Name of Object: A Practical Manual of the Compass 1913  
Description: Dark blue book titled "A Practical Manual of the Compass: a short tretise on the errors of teh magnetic compass, with the methods employed in the U.S. Navy for compensating the deviations and a description of service instruments, including the gyro-compass" by the US Naval Institute. Published 1913.  
History: Owned by Captain Charles E. Robertson. Captain on the Ludington carferries and first captain of the City of Midland 41. Donated by his granddaughter.  
Condition: Fair  
Height: 10.5 inches
Width: 7 inches  
Depth: 0.5 inches