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Liquid compass
Bowl: Brass, glazed. Set in double gimbal. White inside with two black lubber lines.
Card: White with black markings graduated to quarter points and 0 - 90 in degrees quadrantally. Domed float at centre. Diameter 9.75" (24.8 cm)
Needle: Two needles held in tubes attached either side of float.
Pivot: Unsighted.
O.A. Height 6.0" (15.2 cm)
Card: White with black markings graduated to quarter points and 0 - 90 in degrees quadrantally. Domed float at centre. Diameter 9.75" (24.8 cm)
Needle: Two needles held in tubes attached either side of float.
Pivot: Unsighted.
O.A. Height 6.0" (15.2 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0166 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Kelvin & James White Ltd |
| Vessels: | Triad fl.1933 |
| Date made: | circa 1933 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 152 mm; Diameter: 298 mm |