Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971
Record of laboratory experiments and calculations which eventually led to the development of the D-Type Mercury Control for the Admiralty Gyro-Compass, believed to have been written by Mr J C Hereford later in charge of the Gyro Test Room and subsequently the Sperry Gyro-Compass School, carried out under the superintendence of C Chaffer at the Admiralty Compass Observatory.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ACO/S&T/16/5 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1923 - 1924 |
| Creator: | Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/S&T/16/1)
- Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/S&T/16/2)
- Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/S&T/16/3)
- Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/S&T/16/4)
- Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/S&T/16/5)
- Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/S&T/16/7)
- Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/S&T/16/8)
- Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/S&T/16/9)
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