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| A - B AERA Abercrombie & Fitch ABNEY (Level) ADAMS ADMIRAL ADMIRALTY ADRIANOVA (Adrianoff's comp.) AFID Aiming Circle AINSWORTH AIRGUIDE (nautical comp.) AIRGUIDE (pocket comp.) AIRGUIDE (wrist & pin-on c.) AIR MINISTRY (A.M.) AIRPATH (see standby comp.) AK-39 (Kadlec) Alethiometer (The Golden Compass) ANAPACE compass Anglo-Swiss Association ANSCHÜTZ ANSONIA SUN-WATCH Aperiodic Compass Arabic (see OMI) ARSENAL Kiev / Арсенал Киев ASKANIA (aero.) ASKANIA (marching c.) ASKANIA (nautical c.) ASKANIA (pocket c.) ASKANIA (wrist c.) Aurapole AURICOSTE AURKKA (AYPKKA in cyrillic letters) AZIMUT (Aзимут in cyrillic letters) B B, B-3A (aero. Type B) B-2 (Б-2 in cyrillic letters) BAILLE-LEMAIRE BAKER, Charles BK-20 (БK-20 in cyrillic letters) BAMBERG (aeronaut.) BAMBERG (nautical c.) BAMBERG (pocket c.) Bar needle: see Magn. Probe BARIGO BARKER (marching c.) BARKER (wrist c.) BARKER (pocket c.) BARKER (survey c.) BARKER (nautical c.) |
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- Cont'd) BAUDET (see BURNAT, pocket) BAUDUF BARBIER, BÉNARD, TURENNE (BBT) BELCO (see GKS) B.E.N. BERGET BÉZARD (wrist comp.) BÉZARD (marching c.) BENDIX BERRY BEUCHAT (see BEN, wrist c.) BIANCHETTI BILAND BION B-L BLOCH BLUNT BODAN (see ASKANIA) BOES BOYD SUN-TIME Boy scouts compasses BREITHAUPT (survey comp.) BREITHAUPT (marching comp.) BRINTON & BRONTON BROWN BROWNE (s. H.B. & S.) BRUNSON BRUNTON BRYAN, Captain BÜCHI (marching c.) BÜCHI (survey comp.) Bundeswehr BURNAT (marching c.) BURNAT (pocket c.) BURNIER BUSCH (marching c.) BUSCH (pocket comp.) BUSSOLE (old, Austrian German for Kompass, s. Bézard, Richtbussole, Winterer) BUTTERFIELD |
C CAIL, John CAMMENGA CAMPBELL Car compasses CARAC CARY CASELLA CEBEP синий C.E.V. CHAIX CHARVOZ Ch-Ch-Z (ЧЧЗ in cyrillic letters) CHETWYND (wrist comp.) CHETWYND (marching comp.) CHETWYND (nautical comp.) Chicago Apparatus Co. CHINA (survey comp.) CHINA (marching comp.) cjy (see NEAG) CLARKE, Clement clk (see Breithaupt) COLLIGNON-HOULLIOT(pocket) COLLIGNON-HOULLIOT (survey comp.) COLLIGNON-HOULLIOT (wrist comp.) COMPASS (Instrument & Optical Co. Inc. N.Y.) Compass (teaching means - see also training) Compensation (books) COOK Cobb-Slater Cross staff head CRC (marching comp.) CRC (survey comp.) CREAGH OSBORNE (marching c.) CREAGH OSBORNE (wrist c.) CREAK cro (s. FUESS, marching comp.) CRUCHONS & EMONS cxn (see BUSCH) C.Z. (see ZEISS, Carl) Czech comp.: go to Bézard/Cz, ŠP, Kadlec, SRB & STYS, VTD and Czech Army CYMA (go to watches) |
D - E DACOR DALOZ - DOIGNON DARLEY DARTON Dead Beat DECOUDUN Delagrave (see PEIGNÉ) DELCROIX (marching comp.) DELCROIX (survey c.) DEMARIA-LAPIERRE (march. comp.) DEMARIA-LAPIERRE (pocket comp.) DENNISON DENT DEPERDUSSIN Monodep DESOMBRE Deutsche Seewarte De VRIES & COURBET DIETZGEN DINSMORE DION, Nicholas (go to BION) Dip (Needle) Compass DIRECAO DIRECTIA Divers' Compasses DLM DOIGNON DOLLOND (marching com.) DOLLOND (pocket comp.) DOLLOND (wrist comp.) DOMATIC DOMINION DOXA (wrist c.) DOXA (pocket c.) DQL (Chinese comp.) DUCATILLON (equinoctial sundial) DUCHEMIN Dummy Training Compass DU-NORTH DUPUY DUROPLAST DUTROU E ELGIN WATCH CO. ELLIOTT Bros. ELOP Emil (German compass) ENBEECO (marching comp.) ENBEECO (pocket comp.) Escape Compasses ESCHENBACH (marching c.) ESCHENBACH (pocket c.) ESCHENBACH (wrist c.) ESSEX |
F - G Fabrique d'Ebauches de Soncegoz (FES) Fakes FALKE / FAUCON FARALLON FAVÉ FEE & STEMWEDEL Feng Shui Compasses FENNEL FEP (ФЭП in Russian) F-L (French Ltd) Flinders bar FLINT Fountain Pen FPM - Freiberger Präzisionsmechanik (marching comp.) FPM (wrist comp.) FPM (survey comp.) Franz / Fränzchen (German compass) F. S. & C. (F. Sommet) FUESS (code: cro, marching comp.) French soldiers' compass: go to Boussole Directrice FUESS (survey & art.) fxn (see ..?) G G150 Galvanometer GAMBEY GAMMA GAMBS Game (for boy scouts) GANSER GEO GEODEZIA (Геодезия, in cyrillic letters) GeoPriborTSvetMet GEOSTROYIZYSKANIYA (GSI) ГЕОСТРОЙИЗЫСКАНИЯ (ГСИ) GERLACH (marching comp.) GERLACH (survey comp.) GILBERT Gimballed Compasses Girl Scouts (see SILVA, U.S. Gauge) GK-2 (ГK-2 in cyrillic letters) GKS Glass (see-through pocket) GLAUSER GOERZ (artill. comp.) GOERZ (pocket comp.) GRW (VEB Teltow) GUERRA GUGK (ГYГK in cyrillic letters) GURLEY (survey c.) GURLEY (marching c.) Gyro-compass |
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I - J HAHN HAJA HAMILTON INSTRUMENTS HAND (John E.) hap (see KOHL) HARBIN HART H. B. & S. HECHELMANN HEINKE HELIOS HILDEBRAND HOROPLAGE HOROSWISS HOSSARD HOULLIOT (nautical comp.) HOULLIOT (pocket comp.) HOULLIOT (survey comp.) HUEL HUET HUGHES (pocket comp.) HUGHES (marching comp.) HUGHES (aeron.) HUSUN HUNTER Hunting HUNTSMAN (pin-on comp.) HUTCHINSON I IMRAY Inclination comp. (s. Dip Needle comp.) I.O.R. IPZ / ИПЗ IRÁNY (MOM) ISRAEL (IDF / Tzahal) ISZARD-WARREN Italian compasses J JAKUBOWSKI Japanese pocket compasses Japanese wrist compasses JEZNACKI jlr JOANNOT JONES JOZEFOWICZ |
K KADLEC KATER Henry K+E KEARFOTT KELVIN HUGHES KERN (marching c.) KERN (survey & art.) KEUFFEL & ESSER (survey comp.) KEUFFEL & ESSER (pocket comp.) Khlynovski (Хлыновский in cyrillic letters) KI-13 (КИ-13 in cyrillic letters) KIPZ (КИПЗ in cyrillic letters) K.M.32 KNM (KHM in cyrillic letters) KNUDSEN KOEHN KOHL Max (MK, hap) KOLLSMAN K&R - Kasper & Richter (marching comp.) K&R (survey comp.) Kommit (Stockert "S") KONUS KOREAN SUNDIALS KRAFT KREIS KRIEGSMARINE (German Navy) KRIGNER (sundial) KRÖPLIN (marching comp.) KRÖPLIN (pocket comp.) KÜHRT KULVIEC |
L L-1 (s. US Gauge) L'ABÉE-LUND's watch compass LADOIS LAGUNA LAMB LAMBERT (Projection system) Lapel compass LARSEN L.A.T. - Les Accessoires Topographiques LATOUR LAVAUZELLE LAWES RABJOHNS Ltd LAWRENCE & MAYO LEGH (Major) LEMAIRE (wrist comp.) LEMAIRE (marching comp.) LEMAIRE (survey comp.) LEMAIRE (pocket comp.) LENDVAY Lensatic compass LEPAUTE Henry LE ROY LEUPOLD Level (artill.) LEZY, G. lhx LIDER (Лидер in cyrillic letters) LIETZ LINCOLN, Abe (The Murderer's Compass) LIONEL Corp. LK 10 (Kadlec compass) LONGINES (pocket comp.) LONGINES (marching comp.) LONGINES LINDBERGH (wrist watch) LUDOLPH (aeronaut. comp.) LUDOLPH (nautical comp.) LUFFT (marching comp.) LUFFT (pocket comp.) LUFFT (wrist comp.) Luo Pan Compasses LÜTTIG LUTZ LYNX LYTH (nautical comp.) LYTH (marching comp.) |
M M1 / M2 M.13 / M.15 (Goerz) M-1918 M-1938 M-1950 M-49, M-53 (YU) M-73, M-88 (GB) Machine gun compass (in French: "boussole pour mitrailleuse") MAGNAGHI MAGNAPOLE Magnetic probe Magnetometer MAG. TRNG. MANSFIELD MANUFRANCE Map Pockets Map Reader MARBLE'S MARINE COMPASS Co. (wrist comp.) Mark 1, 2, I, II etc. MARQUIS MashPriborIntOrg (Машприборинторг) MAUVE MAXANT MC-1 (s. Marine Compass) McGREGOR M-Ch-Z (MЧЗ in Russian) MEISER & MERTIG MEOPTA (Survey & art. comp.) MEOPTA (marching comp.) MERIDIAN (marching comp.) MERIDIAN (survey comp.) MERIDIAN (wrist comp.) Mikhalovski - Touroff (Михаловский - Tуров in Russian) MIKROTECHNA MILLER Milvay Miners' compass M.I.O. Mirror compass MK (see KOHL) Mk IV (wooden frame) Mk 1 (Armée Française) Mk 1 (T.G. Co., British Army) Mk 4 / IV (see Glauser and SISTECO) M.K.32 Model 96 (march., Japan) Model 98 (land vehicles, Jap.) Modčle 1922 Modčle 1926 |
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- cont'd) MOKO MOM MONODEP MONTICOLO MORDAN MOREL MORIN (marching comp.) MORIN (pocket comp.) MORIN (nautical comp.) MORIN (survey comp.) MOSCOMPASS MULLER & VAUCHER (M&V) турист: see Stockert "S" Tourist N N-1 (Kearfott) NAPIS NA MAPIE NARDIN Navigation (aeronautics) NAZI Compasses NEAG (cjy) NEGELEIN NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA (pocket comp.) NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA (nautical comp.) NEMROD NESCO (Jap. mfr.) Netherlands NEUFA (see GKS) NEWTON (pocket comp.) NEWTON (marching comp.) NIEDERMANN NIFE Night hawk NVA (former East German Army) O OBSERVATOR (marching comp.) OBSERVATOR (nautical comp.) O'GRADY HALY OMI (marching comp.) OMI (aero) OPTICOMPASS OPTIMEX OPTOS Orienteering ORIENTSUB ORION (s. Kröplin) OSSIETZKY (Осецкiй in Russian) OSTOYA OULIANOFF (survey comp.) Overhead Compass |
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- R P1, P2... (A.M. compass types) PO-52 (Teleoptik, YU) PANERAI Panzerfahrzeuge PARKES PASTO (marching comp.) PASTO (pocket comp.) PASTO (wrist comp.) PATHFINDER Pattern (aero.) Pattern nautical: s. DENT PB-65 (s. Mikrotechna) PDK (ПДК in cyrill. letters) Pedometer PEIGNÉ (Général) PENTZ PERCHERON Pelorus PESSLER (P & S) PETERSEN PHYSICA Photographers comp. (go to Berry, Decoudun, Houlliot, Plaubel, Watkins) P I (Suunto compass type) PIF le chien (wrist, cartoon) Pin-on Compasses PIONEER PL-40 (s. Mikrotechna) PISTOR & MARTINS PLAN Ltd Plane table PLASTIMO PLATH (nautical comp.) PLATH (aeronautical c.) PLATIN PLAUBEL PÖFERLEIN Poland Prismatic compass Protractor, square P & S = Pessler PZO Polskie Zaklady Optyczne Q Qibla Compasses R RADIA (s. BUSCH) Radio Militaire Radium Compound Paint RECORD RECTA REFLECTOR Romer Scale RGS (F. Barker & Son) RICHER Richtbussole (M.13/M.15) RICHTER (Рихтеръ) Ring (toy) RITCHIE RITTENHOUSE RODE (Роде in Russian) ROSENFELD ROSPINI ROSSIGNOL ROST, R. & A Rotameter ROUX RUBERGALL - Russian pocket compasses - Russian Survey compasses: AR-1, B-2, BSh-1, BTK-1, GK-2, GeoPribor, Geisler, GSI / ГСИ museum, Rode - Russian Wrist compasses: Adrianoff, AURKKA, KNM, UOMZ, ZOP & ZUP, SEMIONOVA and Russian (Swiss-made). - Russian Marching comp.: go to AZIMUT, AK model, Glavkultgtor - Russ. Pocket comp.: ADBER. Khlynowski - Russian Orienteering comp.: go to LIDER and "Orienteering" RÜTER Uhr (sun-watch) |
S "S" (see STOCKERT) SALMOIRAGHI SANGUET SAURA sbe (see Kadlec) SCHABLASS (Schablass) SCHARDT, J. SCHLACHT SCHLAGINTWEIT SCHMALCALDER SCHUBERT & VIALON Schwab & Wuischpard (S&W) SCHWABE Scoutism SCUBAPRO SEARS SECRÉTAN (survey c.) SECRETAN (marching c.) SEL SELSI SEMIONOVA (Семëнова in cyrillic letters) SENDTNER SESTREL SHERRILL SHORT & MASON (marching comp.) SHOWA SOKKI SHORT & MASON (pocket comp.) SIEMENS & HALSKE SILVA (marching comp.) SILVA (pin-on and wrist) SIMMS SINCLAIR (pocket comp.) SINCLAIR (marching comp.) SINGER SINGER & SOHN SIRS SISTECO (marching comp.) SISTECO (nautical comp.) Sitometer (level) See also KERN, BÜCHI |
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cont'd) SK-65 SLATER SLEPCHENKO (слепченко) S-L (Société des Lunetiers) SLOM (survey comp.) S-L (pocket comp.) SMĚR SMITH's Aircraft Instruments SOMMET (see F. S. & C.) SOUCHIER (marching comp.) SOUCHIER (survey) ŠP SPEAR SPENCER BROWNING & RUST SPERRY Spiritualism SPIROTECHNIQUE SPRENGER SRB A ŠTYS (SRB & STYS) SRPI Standby Compass STANLEY (marching c.) STANLEY (survey c.) STEIN (von) STEINHEIL STEWARD (marching comp.) STEWARD (pocket comp.) STEWARD (wrist comp.) STEWARD (survey comp.) STOCKER & YALE STOCKERT E. Chr. (sundial) STOCKERT "S" (marching c.) STOCKERT (pocket comp.) STOPPANI (survey) STOPPANI (aeronautics) STREET STUDER Sun Compasses SUPERIOR MAGNETO Corp. (marching comp.) SUPERIOR MAGNETO Corp. (wrist comp.) Surveyor's compass SUUNTO (wrist comp.) SUUNTO (nautical c.) SÜSS NÁNDOR (see MOM) S&W (Schwab & Wuischpard) SYMONS |
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- V TÁJOLÓ (see MOM) Tanks & Armoured Vehicles TAYLOR (wrist comp.) TAYLOR (pocket comp.) TERRASSE TELEOPTIK Tell-tale compass (nautical) Tell-tale compass (pocket) TfA T.G. Co Ltd London THALSON Theodolite THÉDENAT THOMMEN THOMSON, William THOUVENIN Thumb Compass TOPOCHAIX Trail-blazer Training Transit Lock (List of examples) Traverse Board TREPAT TRITON TRIUMPH Trough compass TROUGHTON True North / TRU NORD TYCOS U UGR-4 (YГP-4 in cyr. letters) Unicus (The ~) UOMZ (YOM3 in cyrillic letters) U.S. Gauge Div. AM&M (wrist comp.) U.S. Gauge (pocket compass) U.S.G.S. V VAUCHER VEB Plastverarbeitung VEB Geophysikalischer Gerätebau - Brieselang VERNER's Pattern VERNER "Vern.bus" VERPIOT VERSCHOYLE VILLA ALCOR VINCENT (watch-compass) VION (aeronaut. comp.) VION (nautical comp.) VION (survey & artillery) VOIGTLÄNDER VOIT VONIN VOZ VTD |
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X - Y - Z WALTHAM (wrist comp.) WALTHAM (pocket comp.) WARDALE WARREN-KNIGHT WASHINGTON George WATCHES WATKINS WATTS WBT W.D. 32 Wehrmacht Wehrsport WFS WHITNEY WICHMANN WILD WILKIE (wrist comp.) WILKIE (pocket comp.) WILKIE (marching comp.) WILKIE (nautical comp.) WILKIE (survey comp.) WINTERER (marching c.) WINTERER (survey c.) WITTNAUER WOTTON & SHERRY X XBK (Meopta) Y YAL YEATES & SON YPS Z ZEISS, Carl ZEISS IKON (pocket comp.) ZEISS IKON (marching comp.) Z.I.E.L. ZIKO ZMI (3Mu in cyrillic letters) ZOP (ЗOП in cyrillic letters) ZUP (ЗУП in cyrillic letters, wrist comp.) ZUP (pocket comp.) ZÜRN-KOLBERG |