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Liquid compass
Bowl- a brass bowl set on springs in a brass binnacle. Grey on outside with white interior it has an angled lubber bracket. There is a metal diameter across the base which supports the pivot. Expansion chamber at base.
Card- White with black markings graduated to eight points and quadrantally in degrees. Black domed float at centre.
Binnacle diameter 9.3" (23.8cm)
Card- White with black markings graduated to eight points and quadrantally in degrees. Black domed float at centre.
Binnacle diameter 9.3" (23.8cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0678 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Date made: | 1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 120 mm; Diameter: 306 mm |
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