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Boat's liquid compass and binnacle
Boat's liquid compass
Bowl: A brass bowl with heavy weight at base. Fill hole on one side and corrugated bottom of the West type. Set in gimbals. White on inside with black lubber line.
Card: A mica card painted white with black markings graduated to quarter points. Diameter approx 4" (10.2 cm)
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Binnacle: Domed binnacle 8.75" (22.2 cm) high with handle at top and flange at base. Diam 8" (20.3 cm). The glazed front panel is hinged at the bottom and oil lamp and housing is on the side.
O.A. height 11" (28 cm)
Bowl: A brass bowl with heavy weight at base. Fill hole on one side and corrugated bottom of the West type. Set in gimbals. White on inside with black lubber line.
Card: A mica card painted white with black markings graduated to quarter points. Diameter approx 4" (10.2 cm)
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Binnacle: Domed binnacle 8.75" (22.2 cm) high with handle at top and flange at base. Diam 8" (20.3 cm). The glazed front panel is hinged at the bottom and oil lamp and housing is on the side.
O.A. height 11" (28 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0188 |
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| Type: | Boat's liquid compass and binnacle |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Henry Hughes & Son Limited |
| Date made: | 1914-18; 1914-1918 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 279 mm x 270 mm x 200 mm |