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Magnetic correcting device - aircraft compass
Magnetic correcting device
Brass, corrector box, contains two independent pairs of magnets operated by level gearing inside box, which are rotated by turning operating heads with a special key.
Brass strap 9.8cm in length fitted to base of box for securing box in position.
Brass, corrector box, contains two independent pairs of magnets operated by level gearing inside box, which are rotated by turning operating heads with a special key.
Brass strap 9.8cm in length fitted to base of box for securing box in position.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0374 |
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| Type: | Magnetic correcting device - aircraft compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Chaffer, C.; Shaw, R. E. Chaffer, C. |
| Date made: | 1931 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm x 97 mm x 68 mm |