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Bowl-Black painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base. Inside of bowl silvered with black lubber line carried on metal strip attached to side of bowl. Mounted in black painted brass gimbal ring 6" (15.2cm) in diameter.
Card-Diameter 4" (10.2cm). Bright metal, with perforated graduations-graduated to 360 degs. Bright metal float at centre.
Card-Diameter 4" (10.2cm). Bright metal, with perforated graduations-graduated to 360 degs. Bright metal float at centre.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0743 |
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| Type: | Boat's liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | E. S. Ritchie & Sons |
| Date made: | 1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 95 mm; Diameter: 160 mm |