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Azimuth compass
Mahogany box, copper bowl, brass gimbals, lead weight, and paper card. Can be mounted in box 10 x 10" (25.4 x 25.4cm).
Bowl painted black inside. Printed paper card, coloured green, marked with quadrantal points and degrees 0-90, and 90-0 reading to 20'. Single steel bar needle. Stop mechanism for card. Prismatic sight with two shades. Sight vane with dark glass attachment.
Bowl painted black inside. Printed paper card, coloured green, marked with quadrantal points and degrees 0-90, and 90-0 reading to 20'. Single steel bar needle. Stop mechanism for card. Prismatic sight with two shades. Sight vane with dark glass attachment.
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV0421 |
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| Type: | Azimuth compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wenkebach, E; Wenckebach, E |
| Date made: | circa 1900 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 280 mm x 272 mm x 272 mm |