The importance of the Burt Solar Compass to the field of surveying and the opening up of large parts of our country for development CANNOT be overstated. As early as 1855, the Commissioner of the General Land Office (in the 1855 Instructions to the Surveyors General) advised surveyors to use Burt's Solar Compass all the time.

Please see The Solar Compass Reference Page for more information regarding the development and use of Burt's Solar Compass in the United States. And please see my webpage on Pre-Civil War Young Solar Compasses, which shows some of the evolution of design that occurred during the early years of making Burt Solar Compasses.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

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