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Roof artificial horizon
A rectangular brass-framed roof-shaped folding cover; the trough is missing. Two sides of the cover have clear glass panels, at an angle of 90 degrees. Accompanying the instrument is a cylindrical iron bottle with a threaded stopper and pouring hole. It is used for storing the mercury when the instrument is not in use.
The artificial horizon is contained in a fitted leather carrying case which can be attached to a leather belt.
Captain Edmund Hope Verney RN (1838-1910), the original owner, saw service in the Crimea and in the Indian Mutiny.
The artificial horizon is contained in a fitted leather carrying case which can be attached to a leather belt.
Captain Edmund Hope Verney RN (1838-1910), the original owner, saw service in the Crimea and in the Indian Mutiny.
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV0006 |
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| Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
| Type: | Artificial Mercurial Horizon |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Dollond & Aitchison |
| Date made: | circa 1850 |
| People: | Verney, Edmund Hope |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Parts: | Roof artificial horizon |