Boat's liquid compass

Boat's liquid compass

Bowl: Brown painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base. Inside of bowl white with two lubber lines painted on side. Mounted in gimbal ring 5.9" (15.0 cm) in diameter.

Card: Diameter 3.9" (10.0 cm) metal? White with black markings graduated to 360 degrees and to 1/4 points. Float dome at centre.

Needle: Unsighted

Pivot: Unsighted

O.A. Height 3.5" (8.9 cm)

Object Details

ID: ACO0530
Type: Boat's liquid compass
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ludolph, W.
Date made: circa 1944
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory
Measurements: Overall: 93 mm; Diameter: 148 mm