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Dry card compass
Bowl- Brass, four paper vanes fitted in the bottom of the bowl.Its base is weighted with lead and the bowl is suspended in a brass ring.
Pivot - Steel pin in brass mount fitted to base of the bowl, released by a screw on underside of bowl.
Mounted on ACO stand 11" x 8.5"
Pivot - Steel pin in brass mount fitted to base of the bowl, released by a screw on underside of bowl.
Mounted on ACO stand 11" x 8.5"
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0007 |
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| Type: | Dry card compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1810 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 165 mm x 277 mm x 212 mm |