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Pelorus
Consists of a brass bearing plate, graduated to 360 degs, quadrantally in degrees and to 1/4 points. A course setting pointer is mounted at centre of plate, turned by a knurled knob. Mounted on a frame which is fitted with two folding sight vanes, one of which carries a slit with a sliding frame fitted with a coloured filter. The other is a frame with a sight wire and black glass reflector.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0634.1 |
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| Type: | Pelorus |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Henry Browne & Son Ltd |
| Date made: | circa 1935 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 60 mm x 190 mm x 160 mm |
| Parts: | Pelorus |