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Liquid compass
Card- White painted mica (?) with black markings graduated to 1/2 points.
Needle- Unsighted (set to variation of the North of europe so that a true course would be recorded by card).
Pivot- Unsighted
Mounted in a glazed wooden frame 11.4cm x 7.6cm x 1.00cm
Needle- Unsighted (set to variation of the North of europe so that a true course would be recorded by card).
Pivot- Unsighted
Mounted in a glazed wooden frame 11.4cm x 7.6cm x 1.00cm
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0437 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | 1917 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 10 mm x 114 mm x 75 mm |