Figure 66. — Views of wooden surveying compass made by Gurdon Huntington, 

 clockmaker in Walpole, New Hampshire, between 1789-1804. Made of cherry 

 with folding brass sighting bars, the instrument is 14 in. long and Sji in. wide. 

 In collection of the writer. 



in Bloomfield, but several of them moved to New Hartford, New 

 York. 



Several examples of Huntington's clocks are known to exist in 

 private collections in the United States. However, only one 

 example of his scientific instruments appears to have survived. 

 This is a surveying compass (fig. 66) made of wood, with brass 

 sighting bars and a painted dial under glass with a steel needle. 

 The dial is inscribed "g. huntington/walpole." The instrument, 

 which is in the collection of the writer, is made of cherry wood, 

 with a riveted ball-and-socket joint of brass for insertion on a tripod. 



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