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Boat's liquid compass and binnacle
Boat's liquid compass
Bowl: A brass bowl painted black. It has an expansion chamber and filler plug and is heavily weighted at the base. The inside is white and has a black lubber spike.
Card: A mica card painted white with black markings graduated to quarter points. Reduced diameter of 4" (10.2 cm)
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Binnacle: A brass binnacle with a removable hood. The hood has a fixed window and an oil lamp on the side. The gimbals are athwartships and the binnacle is open at the base, there ia a flange with four holes. There is a gimbal and compass bowl stop mechanism on the side. Diameter 8" (20.3 cm)
O.A. height 10" (25.4 cm)
Bowl: A brass bowl painted black. It has an expansion chamber and filler plug and is heavily weighted at the base. The inside is white and has a black lubber spike.
Card: A mica card painted white with black markings graduated to quarter points. Reduced diameter of 4" (10.2 cm)
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Binnacle: A brass binnacle with a removable hood. The hood has a fixed window and an oil lamp on the side. The gimbals are athwartships and the binnacle is open at the base, there ia a flange with four holes. There is a gimbal and compass bowl stop mechanism on the side. Diameter 8" (20.3 cm)
O.A. height 10" (25.4 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0199 |
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| Type: | Boat's liquid compass and binnacle |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Dobbie McInnes Ltd |
| Date made: | 1914-18; 1914-1918 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 275 mm x 254 mm x 220 mm |