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Beam compasses

Scope note

Instruments consisting of a long horizontal bar on which two movable heads slide, one of which carries a pencil, and the other a pin or tracer; used to draw large circles or arcs of circles as for full-scale working drawings, cask gauging, or carpentry work. DAC

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300022489

Broader Terms used

compasses (drawing instruments)

Equivalent Terms used

beam compass

Created

13yrs ago

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