Pienmen nephoscope
Bowl - Brass 1" (2.5cm) deep, graduated on outside edge to 8 points. Fitted with a needle locking device. A brass mounted black glass reflector top fits over top of bowl which can be rotated. It is fitted with two wooden knobs and a vertical arm which is graduated 2-11 and which can be raised or lowered by a worm screw. The black glass reflector carrried a circumferential scale. Mounted on a vertical brass rod 3.5" (8.9cm) long which is attached at the centre of a black-painted brass stand which has three arms, each fitted with a levelling screw. Spirit level 2" (5.1cm) contained in carrying box.
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Object Details
ID: | ACO0655 |
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Type: | Pienmen nephoscope |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Barker & Sons Ltd |
Date made: | circa 1935 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
Measurements: | Overall: 132 mm x 207 mm x 207 mm |