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Liquid compass
Liquid compass
Card: A mica card attached to the float by screws. The card is white with black markings graduated to half points.
Needle: No sighted, inside float.
Pivot: The inverted pivot spike is set in a well in the float and can be removed by a screw on top of the dome. The base of the float is corrugated.
O.A. height 1" (2.6 cm)
Card: A mica card attached to the float by screws. The card is white with black markings graduated to half points.
Needle: No sighted, inside float.
Pivot: The inverted pivot spike is set in a well in the float and can be removed by a screw on top of the dome. The base of the float is corrugated.
O.A. height 1" (2.6 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0863 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Plath, C. |
| Date made: | circa 1940 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 28 mm; Diameter: 107 mm |