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)
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)
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Object Details
ID: | ACO0530 |
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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 |