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Liquid compass
Bowl: Brass painted black. Glazed top and bottom. Set in double gimbals. White inside with black lubber spike. Azimuth circle with bearing and steering sights. Brass verge ring marked 0 - 90 quadrantally.
Card: White with black markings graduated to quarter points and in degrees quadrantally. Domed float in centre.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Sights: Both bearing and steering sights are prismatic and moveable.
Set on ACO stand
O.A.Height 12" (30.5cm)
Card: White with black markings graduated to quarter points and in degrees quadrantally. Domed float in centre.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Sights: Both bearing and steering sights are prismatic and moveable.
Set on ACO stand
O.A.Height 12" (30.5cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0141 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Captain Chetwynd; Kelvin & James White Ltd |
| Date made: | circa 1909 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 280 mm x 305 mm x 270 mm |