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Worm Gearing for Correcting Magnets
Patent No. 4556 of 1891
Hughes worm gearing for operating the correcting magnets of binnacles. Thhis is only part of the binnacle, the outer woodwork being removed so as to show the esential features, which consists of worm gearing and bevel wheels operated by a handle, for raising and lowering the horizontal and vertical magnets.
Hughes worm gearing for operating the correcting magnets of binnacles. Thhis is only part of the binnacle, the outer woodwork being removed so as to show the esential features, which consists of worm gearing and bevel wheels operated by a handle, for raising and lowering the horizontal and vertical magnets.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0045 |
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| Type: | Worm Gearing for Correcting Magnets |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hughes, A |
| Date made: | 1891 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 685 mm x 370 mm x 370 mm x 324 mm x 23 kg |
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