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Category: Archives -> Maritime: Archives  
Donor: Anne C. Thomas
Location: Document Room -> Document Boxes -> Maritime 5  
Accession Number: 2021.2769.2  
Name of Object: Book: Instructions for the Compensation of the Magnetic Compass  
Description: Tan, softcover book titled: "Instructions for the Compensation of the Magnetic Compass" by N. H. Heck Chief, Division of Terrestrial Magnetism, with the cooperation of W. E. Parker Chief, Division of Hydrography and Topography. Special Publication No. 96, Serial No. 238. Department of Commerce, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, E. Lester Jones, Director. Washington Government Printing Office 1923. This book was owned by Clarence O. Dienst of Toledo, Ohio. Born July 14, 1895, died in 1970. Avid yachtsman and member of the Maumee River Yacht Club, became Commodore in 1942 and was named "Captain of the Port of Toledo". The book was inherited and donated to MCHS by his granddaughter, along with a compass, entered as accession number 2021.2769.1  
Condition: Excellent  
Height: 9.25 inches
Width: 6 inches  
Depth: 0.25 inches