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Pocket compass
Pocket compass
Bowl: Dia of outer case: 2.6" (6.7 cm). Dia of compass bowl: 1.9" (4.8 cm). Outer case of boxwood with a screw on wooden lid. Fitted with a brass pivot point mounted at centre of base, on which compass bowl rests, and a boxwood ring which when reversed operates pins in base of compass bowl locking the card. Compass bowl of silver, glazed, fitted with a conical base which engages on pivot in outer case, and a card locking mechanism operated by two pins at base.
Card: Dia. 1.7" (4.3 cm) White card with black markings. Graduated to 32 points and quadrantally in degrees, with a decorated East point.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
O.A. height 2.0" (5.1 cm)
Bowl: Dia of outer case: 2.6" (6.7 cm). Dia of compass bowl: 1.9" (4.8 cm). Outer case of boxwood with a screw on wooden lid. Fitted with a brass pivot point mounted at centre of base, on which compass bowl rests, and a boxwood ring which when reversed operates pins in base of compass bowl locking the card. Compass bowl of silver, glazed, fitted with a conical base which engages on pivot in outer case, and a card locking mechanism operated by two pins at base.
Card: Dia. 1.7" (4.3 cm) White card with black markings. Graduated to 32 points and quadrantally in degrees, with a decorated East point.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
O.A. height 2.0" (5.1 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV0269 |
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| Type: | Pocket compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | West |
| Events: | Second Boer War: Battle of Ladysmith, 1899 |
| Date made: | circa 1900 |
| People: | Costa, Michael |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm; Diameter: 46 mm |