The Map and Compass (1940) Night Marching Birch Reynardson described meeting Samuel

Birch Reynardson described meeting Samuel Singer in his book Sports and Anecdotes of Bygone Days (1887): 'He was the inventor of the compass called "Singer's Compass"

as Jonathan Bennison died in 1841

With the Hurricane

But the most interesting and unusual feature is the way the thumb loop is attached centrally in the base

The M-72 was very similar to the M-71

The Map and Compass (1940) Night Marching Birch Reynardson described meeting SamuelTHE MAP AND COMPASS Captain John Noel SIMPKIN MARSHALL LTD, London, c. 1940 An original WW2 map and Compass manual by the celebrated Everest mountaineer Captain John Noel. Undated, but published c. 1940 (there is an advert for one of Noel's other books on the rear endpaper with a quote dated October 1940). The book covers the British Army standard issue compasses and other navigation instruments in use from before WW1 to the 1930s. The Verners