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Dry card compass - marching
Bowl: Brass, glazed top. Black horizontal bar lubber line. Has hinged top and lanyard ring both in brass. Card lifter on outside. Outside of bowl marked 0 - 36. Has NESW inscribed.
Card: White with large black flightless arrow on N-S axis. No east and West arrows. Graduated to points and 0 - 36. Diameter 1.5" (3.8 cm)
Needle: Unsighted
Pivot: Unsighted. Jewelled pivot cap in centre of card
In brass carrying case
O.A. Height 0.75" (1.9 cm)
Card: White with large black flightless arrow on N-S axis. No east and West arrows. Graduated to points and 0 - 36. Diameter 1.5" (3.8 cm)
Needle: Unsighted
Pivot: Unsighted. Jewelled pivot cap in centre of card
In brass carrying case
O.A. Height 0.75" (1.9 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0117 |
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| Type: | Dry card compass - marching |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Steward, J. H. |
| Date made: | circa 1890 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 20 mm x 55 mm x 80 mm |