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Boat's liquid compass and binnacle
Boat's liquid compass. Patt 20. No. 43551.
Bowl: A brass bowl painted black with a heavy weight at the bottom and filler plug at the side. The inside of the verge is painted white and on this there is a black lubber line.
Card: A mica card white with black markings graduated to half points.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Binnacle: Generally similar to the 202 model but has a circular window on the top for taking rough bearings and this is provided with a metal cover. There are two alternative positions for the candle lamp provided, one on either side of the binnacle, and a stowing position is provided on the fore side. Two lashing rings are fitted on the sides and a door gives access to the bowl recess, inside which is the device for locking the bowl, also a tube to carry a spare candle. The lamp was originally fitted with a candle socket which engaged in the bottom of the former by means of a bayonet joint.
O.A. height 15" (38.2 cm)
Bowl: A brass bowl painted black with a heavy weight at the bottom and filler plug at the side. The inside of the verge is painted white and on this there is a black lubber line.
Card: A mica card white with black markings graduated to half points.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Binnacle: Generally similar to the 202 model but has a circular window on the top for taking rough bearings and this is provided with a metal cover. There are two alternative positions for the candle lamp provided, one on either side of the binnacle, and a stowing position is provided on the fore side. Two lashing rings are fitted on the sides and a door gives access to the bowl recess, inside which is the device for locking the bowl, also a tube to carry a spare candle. The lamp was originally fitted with a candle socket which engaged in the bottom of the former by means of a bayonet joint.
O.A. height 15" (38.2 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0185 |
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| Type: | Boat's liquid compass and binnacle |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Edward John Dent & Co. |
| Date made: | 1892 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 385 mm x 320 mm x 220 mm |
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