Course setting device for the Earth Inductor Compass

An earth conductor compass, or Teleguide, designed for tanks by Major Chapman. There were three items in the outfit but two could not be found in 1953. All that remains is the course setting device. This compass was produced in 1939; the inventor apparently knowing little of the history of these instruments. It does not appear to have been tried and there is no record of its design. Consists of a rectangular wooden box, having a knob which rotates a white plastic (?) compass card, graduated to 360 degs, which can be set to any heading against a pointer.

Object Details

ID: ACO0447
Type: Course setting device for the Earth Inductor Compass
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Major Chapman
Date made: 1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory
Measurements: Overall: 100 mm x 155 mm x 243 mm