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Liquid compass and binnacle
Liquid compass
Bowl: A brass bowl with a black exterior and a white interior. It has a black lubber spike and an expansion chamber at the base with a filler plug at the side. Set in double gimbals.
Card: A mica band white with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees.
Needle: The two needles are each in tubes attached to the float.
Pivot: Unsighted
Binnacle: A brass binnacle with a removable "cover all" hood. The hood contains a fixed window and an oil lamp at the side. There is also a magnifier and an adjustable mirror inside the hood. There is no botom to the base of the binnacle but it has a flange with screw holes.
Diameter 8" (20.3cm) O.A. Height 12" (30.5cm)
Bowl: A brass bowl with a black exterior and a white interior. It has a black lubber spike and an expansion chamber at the base with a filler plug at the side. Set in double gimbals.
Card: A mica band white with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees.
Needle: The two needles are each in tubes attached to the float.
Pivot: Unsighted
Binnacle: A brass binnacle with a removable "cover all" hood. The hood contains a fixed window and an oil lamp at the side. There is also a magnifier and an adjustable mirror inside the hood. There is no botom to the base of the binnacle but it has a flange with screw holes.
Diameter 8" (20.3cm) O.A. Height 12" (30.5cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0206 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass and binnacle |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Henry Hughes & Son Limited |
| Date made: | 1940 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 300 mm x 320 mm x 230 mm |