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Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass.
Bowl: Brass painted black. Heavy weight at base. Set in gimbals. Verge ring graduated to 360 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction and has two course indicators, moveable in azimuth. Painted white on inside with red lubber line. Filler plug at side.
Card: Mica painted white with black markings graduated 0 - 360 degrees and to 8 points. Has domed float at centre with red line from centre to North point.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Set in wooden ACO stand diameter 4.5" (11.4 cm)
O.A. Height 4.0" (10.2 cm)
Bowl: Brass painted black. Heavy weight at base. Set in gimbals. Verge ring graduated to 360 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction and has two course indicators, moveable in azimuth. Painted white on inside with red lubber line. Filler plug at side.
Card: Mica painted white with black markings graduated 0 - 360 degrees and to 8 points. Has domed float at centre with red line from centre to North point.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Set in wooden ACO stand diameter 4.5" (11.4 cm)
O.A. Height 4.0" (10.2 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0579 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass - aircraft |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Smith, S, & Son |
| Date made: | 1914-18; 1914-1918 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 110 mm; Diameter: 110 mm |