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Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass - aircraft.
Bowl: Black painted aluminium, it is not possible to see the filler plug or expansion chamber as a sealed cover is persent. Fitted with a domed verge glass which has a lubber line mounted underneath.
Card: Diameter 1.5" (4 cm) vertical metal ring, black with radium markings, graduated to 360 degrees. Attached by wire framework to pivot.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
O.A. Length 2.5" (6.5 cm)
Bowl: Black painted aluminium, it is not possible to see the filler plug or expansion chamber as a sealed cover is persent. Fitted with a domed verge glass which has a lubber line mounted underneath.
Card: Diameter 1.5" (4 cm) vertical metal ring, black with radium markings, graduated to 360 degrees. Attached by wire framework to pivot.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
O.A. Length 2.5" (6.5 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0591 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass - aircraft |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Askaniawerke AG |
| Date made: | 1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 62 mm x 62 mm x 62 mm; Diameter: 120 mm |