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Liquid compass
Liquid compass
Bowl: A brass bowl painted grey on the outside and white on the inside. There is a black horizontal lubber spike close to the glass. The fillerplug is on the side. At the bottom is a screw mounting for the handle (missing). There is a simple prismatic sight.
Card: A mica card white with black markings graduated to eight points and by 5 degrees in quadrants. Diameter 1.75" (4.5cm)
Needle: Unsighted
Pivot: Unsighted
O.A. Height 4.5" (11.4cm)
Bowl: A brass bowl painted grey on the outside and white on the inside. There is a black horizontal lubber spike close to the glass. The fillerplug is on the side. At the bottom is a screw mounting for the handle (missing). There is a simple prismatic sight.
Card: A mica card white with black markings graduated to eight points and by 5 degrees in quadrants. Diameter 1.75" (4.5cm)
Needle: Unsighted
Pivot: Unsighted
O.A. Height 4.5" (11.4cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0212 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Heath & Co. Ltd |
| Date made: | circa 1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 115 mm x 92 mm x 100 mm |