Compasses

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ToolInfoBox Compasses

Synonyms:	dividers, divider calipers; DE: Zirkel, Reißzirkel, Stechzirkel
Type:	marking & measuring hand tool
Material:	nearly everything
Location:	Measuring Shelf
Access Requirements:	upon reading
Similar (More or Less):	scriber, calipers

Compasses (or "dividers") are tools to draw or inscribe circles as well as to reproduce distances.

We have a scribing compass and one that uses a regular pencil to make its mark.