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Liquid compass
Liquid compass.
Bowl: Black and grey painted metal bowl with domed glass with metal diameter band on it. Inside of bowl glass with black lubber lines carried on white support struts. Expansion chamber at base, glass at base for illumination, filler hole on side.
Card: White plastic card held to a black float by struts. Card marked in black and graduated to North and South and 0 - 360 in degrees.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
O.A. Height 8" (20.3 cm)
Bowl: Black and grey painted metal bowl with domed glass with metal diameter band on it. Inside of bowl glass with black lubber lines carried on white support struts. Expansion chamber at base, glass at base for illumination, filler hole on side.
Card: White plastic card held to a black float by struts. Card marked in black and graduated to North and South and 0 - 360 in degrees.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
O.A. Height 8" (20.3 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0519 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Plath, C. |
| Date made: | 1939-1945; 1939-45 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 190 mm; Diameter: 230 mm |
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