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Type P.2
Liquid compass-Haynes suspension
Bowl: Brass painted black. Glazed. Fill hole on side. White on inside with black lubber spike. Expansion chamber underneath. Bowl fixed to spring plate and has four stabiliser arms. Vernier on base plate.
Card: No card
Needle: Four needles slung beneath dome float and eight damper arms. Four dampers marked with N, S, E, and W.
Pivot: Unsighted
Azimuth circle: Brass painted black with white markings graduated to 360 degrees and eight points. Has two locking arms. Four wires in North to South axis run across the circle.
O.A. height 4.5" (11.4cm)
Bowl: Brass painted black. Glazed. Fill hole on side. White on inside with black lubber spike. Expansion chamber underneath. Bowl fixed to spring plate and has four stabiliser arms. Vernier on base plate.
Card: No card
Needle: Four needles slung beneath dome float and eight damper arms. Four dampers marked with N, S, E, and W.
Pivot: Unsighted
Azimuth circle: Brass painted black with white markings graduated to 360 degrees and eight points. Has two locking arms. Four wires in North to South axis run across the circle.
O.A. height 4.5" (11.4cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0323 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass - aircraft |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | 1922-1924; 1922-4 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 130 mm; Diameter: 160 mm |