Antique Travelers Pantometer (Setters Compass), c.1840-1860

Antique Travelers Pantometer (Setters Compass), signed 'J. Meurthin, GEFLE'. Brass Dip Compass with original lid, glass, hand-coloured paper face, with half-blued needle. French made, circa 1840-1860.

Pantometers can be set at any angle, and were the successors to Equerre's (which were made for set angles).

Featured in Sweden's National Museum of Science & Technology.