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This is the comprehensive directory of all the identified manufacturers of the compasses exhibited in this Museum. You will also find here some technical terms like dip compass for example. The menu buttons for the various compass categories lead you to the corresponding departments where all compasses are displayed.

A ABNEY (Level) ADAMS ADMIRAL ADRIJANOVA Aiming Circle AINSWORTH AIRGUIDE (nautical comp.) AIRGUIDE (pocket comp.) AIRGUIDE (wrist & pin-on c.) AIR MINISTRY (A.M.) AK-39 (Kadlec) Anglo-Swiss Association ASKANIA (marching c.) ASKANIA (nautical c.) ASKANIA (wrist c.) AURICOSTE AURKKA (AYPKKA in cyrillic letters) B B-2 (Б-2 in cyrillic letters) BAILLE-LEMAIRE BAMBERG BARIGO BARKER (marching c.) BARKER (wrist c.) BARKER (pocket c.) BARKER (survey c.) BARKER (nautical c.)	B (Cont'd) BAUDET (see BURNAT, pocket) BAUDUF B.E.N. BÉZARD (wrist comp.) BÉZARD (marching c.) BENDIX BIANCHETTI BILAND BION B-L Boy scouts compasses BREITHAUPT (survey comp.) BREITHAUPT (marching comp.) BRINTON BRONTON BROWN BRUNSON BRUNTON BÜCHI (marching c.) BÜCHI (survey comp.) BURNAT (marching c.) BURNAT (pocket c.) BURNIER BUSCH (marching c.) BUSCH (pocket comp.) BUTTERFIELD	C CAMMENGA Car compasses CARAC CASELLA CEBEP (go to UOMZ) CHAIX Ch-Ch-Z (ЧЧЗ in cyrillic letters) CHETWYND(wrist comp.) CHETWYND (nautical comp.) Chicago Apparatus Co. CHINE (survey comp.) CHINE (marching comp.) clk (see Breithaupt) COLLIGNON-HOULLIOT(pocket) COLLIGNON-HOULLIOT (survey c.) Cross staff head CRC (marching comp.) CRC (survey comp.) CREAGH OSBORNE (marching c.) CREAGH OSBORNE (wrist c.) cro (s. FUESS, marching comp.) CRUCHONS & EMONS cxn (see BUSCH) C.Z. (see ZEISS, Carl)	D DACOR DARLEY DECOUDUN Delagrave (see PEIGNÉ) DELCROIX (marching comp.) DELCROIX (survey c.) DEMARIA-LAPIERRE (march. comp.) DEMARIA-LAPIERRE (pocket comp.) DENNISON DESOMBRE DINSMORE Dip compass Divers' compasses DLM DOIGNON DOLLOND DOMATIC DOXA (wrist c.) DOXA (pocket c.) DUCHEMIN Dummy Training Compass DUPUY DUROPLAST E Escape Compasses ESCHENBACH (marching c.) ESCHENBACH (pocket c.) ESCHENBACH (wrist c.) ESL	F Fakes FALKE FEE & STEMWEDEL Feng Shui Compasses F-L (French Ltd) FPM - Freiberger   Präzisionsmechanik (marching comp.) FPM (wrist comp.) FPM (survey comp.) FUESS (code: cro, marching comp.) FUESS (survey & art.) G Galvanometer GAMMA GAMBS GEODEZIA (Геодезия, in cyrillic letters) GeoPriborTSvetMet GERLACH Girl Scouts (see SILVA, U.S. Gauge) GK-2 (ГK-2 in cyrillic letters) GKS Glass (see-through pocket) GLAUSER GOERZ GUGK (ГYГK in cyrillic letters) GURLEY (survey c.) GURLEY (marching c.)
H HAMILTON INSTRUMENTS hap (see KOHL) HART HEINKE HOULLIOT HUTCHINSON HUEL HUET HUGHES I Inclination comp. (s. dip) I.O.R. IRÁNY (see GAMMA and MOM) ISZARD-WARREN J JAKUBOWSKI Japanese wrist comp. JEZNACKI JONES	K KADLEC KEARFOTT KELVIN HUGHES KERN (marching c.) KERN (survey & art.) K.M.32 KNM (KHM in cyrillic letters) KOEHN KOHL Max (MK, hap) K&R - Kasper & Richter (marching comp.) K&R (survey comp.) KEUFFEL & ESSER (survey comp.) KEUFFEL & ESSER (pocket comp.) KONUS KREIS KRÖPLIN (marching comp.) KRÖPLIN (pocket comp.) KÜHRT KULVIEC	L L-1 (s. US Gauge) L'ABÉE-LUND's watch compass LADOIS Lapel compass L.A.T. - Les Accessoires Topogr. LAWES RABJOHNS Ltd LEMAIRE (wrist comp.) LEMAIRE (marching comp.) Lensatic compass Level (artill.) LEUPOLD LIETZ LIONEL Corp. LONGINES LUDOLPH (aeronaut.) LUDOLPH (nautical comp.) LUFFT (marching comp.) LUFFT (pocket comp.) Luo Pan Compasses LÜTTIG M M-1918 M-1938 M-1950 M-49, M-53 (YU) M-73, M-88 (GB) MAGNAPOLE MAG. TRNG.	M (cont'd) Map Pockets Map Reader MARBLE'S MARINE COMPASS Co. (pocket comp.) Mark 1, 2, I, II etc. MashPriborIntOrg (Машприборинторг) MC-1 (s. Marine Compass) McGREGOR MEOPTA (xbk) MERIDIAN (marching comp.) MERIDIAN (survey comp.) MIKROTECHNA Miners' compass Mirror compass MK (see KOHL) Mk IV (wooden frame) M.K.32 Modèle 1922 Modèle 1926 MOKO MOM MONTICOLO MORIN (marching comp.) MORIN (pocket comp.) MORIN (nautical comp.) MORIN (survey comp.) MORDAN MULLER & VAUCHER (M & V)	N NARDIN NAZI Compasses NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA (pocket comp.) NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA (nautical comp.) NEMROD NEUFA (see GKS) NEWTON (pocket comp.) NEWTON (marching comp.) NIEDERMANN NIFE O OBSERVATOR Orienteering ORION (s. Kröplin)
P PANERAI PARKES PASTO (marching comp.) PASTO (pocket comp.) PEIGNÉ (Général) PelorusPhotographers comp. (go to Berry, Decoudun) Pin-on Compasses PLAN Ltd Plane table PLASTIMO Prismatic compass Q Qibla Compasses R Radio Militaire RECORD RECTA RICHER ROSPINI ROSSIGNOL ROUX RUBERGALL Russian pocket compasses Russian survey compasses (see B-2, BSh-1, GK-2) Russian wrist compasses (see AURKKA, KNM, UOMZ, ZUP and Russia S "S" (see STOCKERT) SAURA SCHLACHT SCHMALCALDER SCHUBERT & VIALON Schwab & Wuischpard (S&W) Scoutism  SCUBAPRO SECRÉTAN (survey c.) SECRETAN (marching c.) SELSI	S (cont'd) SESTREL SHORT & MASON (marching comp.) SHORT & MASON (pocket comp.) SIEMENS HALSKE SILVA (marching comp.) SILVA (pin-on and wrist) SIMMS SINGER Sitometer (level) S-L (Société des Lunetiers) (survey comp.) S-L (pocket comp.) SMĚR ŠP SPEAR SPENCER BROWNING & RUST Spiritualism SPIROTECHNIQUE SPRENGER SRPI STANLEY (marching c.) STANLEY (survey c.) STEIN (von) STEWARD (marching comp.) STEWARD (wrist comp.) STOCKER & YALE STOCKERT ("S") STOPPANI SUPERIOR MAGNETO Corp. (marching comp.) SUPERIOR MAGNETO Corp. (wrist comp.) SUUNTO (wrist comp.) SUUNTO (nautical c.) S&W (Schwab & Wuischpard) SYMSONS	T TAYLOR (wrist comp.) TAYLOR (pocket comp.) TERRASSE TELEOPTIK T.G. Co Ltd London THALSON Theodolite Thumb Compass TOPOCHAIX TOURIST (TYPИCT in cyrillic letters) Trail-blazer TRITON Trough compass TRU NORD U Unicus (The ~) UOMZ (YOM3 in cyrillic letters) U.S. Gauge Div. AM&M (wrist comp.) U.S. Gauge (pocket compass)	V VAUCHER VERNER VION (aeronaut. comp.) VION (nautical comp.) VOIGTLÄNDER VONIN VTD W WALTHAM (wrist comp.) WALTHAM (pocket comp.) WARDALE WARREN-KNIGHT WATCHES WBT WICHMANN WILD WILKIE (wrist comp.) WILKIE (pocket comp.) WILKIE (marching c.) WILKIE (nautical c.) WILKIE (survey comp.) WINTERER (marching c.) WINTERER (survey c.) WITTNAUER WOTTON & SHERRY	X XBK Y YAL YEATES & SON Z ZEISS, Carl ZEISS IKON Z.I.E.L. ZIKO ZUP (ЗУП in cyrillic letters - wrist) ZUP (pocket)