Japanese South Pointer

In a Japanese university's site at

http://www.suelab.nuem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~suematsu/navigator/nakatafig.jpg

this design was discovered. Translation of the inscription (Hint: Do NOT try it yourself with a dictionary !) reveals, that it was "made" by Tekkosho Nishijima based on a design by Prof. Takashi Nakata to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the "Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers".

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