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Boat's liquid compass
Bowl-Black painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base. Inside of bowl painted white with black painted lubber line. Mounted in gimbal ring 6" (15.2cm) diameter.
Card- Diameter 4" (10.2cm). Mica (?) painted white with black markings, graduated to 360 degrees. White painted metal flat at centre.
Card- Diameter 4" (10.2cm). Mica (?) painted white with black markings, graduated to 360 degrees. White painted metal flat at centre.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0744 |
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| Type: | Boat's liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | E. S. Ritchie & Sons |
| Date made: | circa 1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 130 mm x 165 mm x 150 mm |