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Compass card
Card-Dia. 10" (25.4cm) Light paper ring 2" (5.1cm) wide with aluminium rim, white with black markings. Graduated to 1/4 points and quadrantally in degrees. Aluminium pivot at centre attached to card by a series of green silk threads.
Needle - eight parallel needle magnets carried below card on a series of green silk threads attached to aluminium rim of card.
Needle - eight parallel needle magnets carried below card on a series of green silk threads attached to aluminium rim of card.
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV0298 |
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| Type: | Compass card |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | White, James |
| Date made: | circa 1900 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm x 285 mm x 285 mm |
| Parts: | Compass card |