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Boat's liquid compass
Compass, boat's liquid
Bowl: Black plastic, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base. Bottom of bowl has a black painted metal cover. Inside of bowl black with three lubber lines carried on white plastic strips attached to side of bowl. Mounted in black painted gimbal ring 6" (15.2 cm) diameter.
Card: Diameter 3.9" (10.0 cm) Metal? white with black markings, graduated to 360 degs and to 1/4 points, attached to white annular float at centre.
Needle: Unsighted
Pivot: Unsighted
O.A. Height 3.0" (7.6 cm)
Bowl: Black plastic, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base. Bottom of bowl has a black painted metal cover. Inside of bowl black with three lubber lines carried on white plastic strips attached to side of bowl. Mounted in black painted gimbal ring 6" (15.2 cm) diameter.
Card: Diameter 3.9" (10.0 cm) Metal? white with black markings, graduated to 360 degs and to 1/4 points, attached to white annular float at centre.
Needle: Unsighted
Pivot: Unsighted
O.A. Height 3.0" (7.6 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0531 |
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| Type: | Boat's liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Plath, C. |
| Date made: | circa 1944 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 80 mm; Diameter: 170 mm |