A translation of instruction on Navigational Instruments and essay on Compass makers of Deptford Dockyard.
Translation of the Anschutz F. M. Gyro-compass equipment, Volume II (Instruction on Navigational Instruments No.22 1st Ed, 12th July 1933), translated by May (only copy in existence) and Folder entitled 'Compass Characters' including typescript essay 'The Gentlemen of Jamaica' and a pamphlet 'The Compass Makers of Deptford Dockyard' by W. E. May, 1950
Record Details
| Item reference: | MAA/1 |
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| Level: | SERIES |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Thesis/essay, A Circuit of Compasses, W. E. May, 1976 (Manuscript) (MAA/2)
- The Compass Department I, Naval Officers of the Compass Department, Biographies of Officers in the Compass Department: Johnson, Evans, Mayes, Creak, Henderson (Manuscript) (MAA/3)
- The Compass Department II, Typescript transcripts of Biographies of the Officers in the Compass Department: Chetwynd, Strange, Drake, Tully and Douglas, including typescripts of the cost of the Compass Department and report of the Admiralty Compass Committee (Manuscript) (MAA/4)
- Notes on the books in the library of the Admiralty Compass Observatory at Slough, compiled by May (Manuscript) (MAA/6)
- Chronological list of Patents concerning compasses, Book 1, 1731- 1915, compiled by May (Manuscript) (MAA/7)
- Chronological list of Patents concerning compasses, Book 2, 1915- 1937, compiled by May (Manuscript) (MAA/8)
- Index to Compass Makers and companies, no date (Manuscript) (MAA/9)
- A list of Historical Nautical Publishers (chronological) and a List of the Gabb Collection, some correspondence, 1958, plus additional miscellaneous material (Manuscript) (MAA/10)
- Index, A-Z, Subject listings and references to journals, pamphlets, and manuscripts. Covers a range of nautical and maritime themes (Manuscript) (MAA/11)
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