This instrument has a wooden two-part case comprised of an upper leaf (sometimes called the top leaf) and a lower or horizontal leaf (sometimes called the bottom leaf) that are hinged to close to protect the interior compass and sighting vane when not in use. On the outside of each leaf, respectively, are applied, varnished printed paper tables and instructions. The upper leaf has planimetry and leveling instructions; the lower leaf has an inclination table for making computations. The sides have rulers that when opened have graduated markings from 0 to 16 centimeters. The two leaves are hinged at one end. On the other end are two hooks to fasten both leaves closed shut when not in use, as well as a metal loop for carrying.<\/p>\n
The interior horizontal leaf has an inset glazed compass with printed circular North-South-East-West directional card, the magnetized arrow colored blue on one half, and silver on the other. It has a hinged rectangular brass sighting vane which can be set at different angles to 90 degrees or lowered flat when not in use, and also has a brass thumb screw to freeze or release the magnetized needle. The interior upper leaf has a round mirror opposing the compass with an inset rectangular transparent pane revealing two parallel stretched strings as sighting lines that coordinate with the opposing sighting vane.<\/p>\n
Compass dial legend: Systeme du Colonel Peign\u00e9\/ Ch. Delagrave et cie\/ Paris<\/p>\n
Condition: Generally very good to fine overall, the outer paper well intact and readable (thus rare), with light toning and wear and very minor bubbling from shrinkage, the interior compass and metal components quite clean with just light metal oxidation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boussole Alidade<\/strong> An antique military portable (or pocket) folding directional compass made by Delagrave et Cie in Paris, as developed by French General Paul Peign\u00e9 (1841-1919) when he was a colonel. It is named by the maker a Boussole Alidade; boussole is French for compass and an alidade is a sighting device or pointer for calculating slopes, angles and directions. The device may also be considered a clinometer in that it can be used to measure the angle of elevation, or angle from the ground, allowing for the determination the height of tall objects like a tree or building.<\/p>\n Product description continues below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31204,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_product_brand":0,"wds_primary_product_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4228],"product_tag":[8895,521,8891,6963,1109,8892,41,1135,93,8894,171,8686,7107,6957],"class_list":{"0":"post-31197","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-archive-sold-science-technology","7":"product_tag-alidade","8":"product_tag-antique","9":"product_tag-boussole","10":"product_tag-clinometer","11":"product_tag-compass","12":"product_tag-delagrave","13":"product_tag-french","14":"product_tag-instrument","15":"product_tag-military","16":"product_tag-peigne","17":"product_tag-pocket","18":"product_tag-portable","19":"product_tag-scientific-instrument","20":"product_tag-surveying","21":"post","22":"post-with-thumbnail","23":"post-with-thumbnail-large","25":"first","26":"instock","27":"shipping-taxable","28":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/31197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/31197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33035,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/31197\/revisions\/33035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=31197"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=31197"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=31197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n[Military Directional Compass]<\/strong>
\nCharles Delagrave et Cie, Paris: c.1880-1910
\nMahogany and boxwood, with glazed compass and metal fittings
\n3.5 inches length, 3.5 inches width, 1.25 inches depth (closed)<\/p>\n