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Liquid compass card
Liquid compass
Card: Mica, painted white with black markings, graduated to 1/2 points and in degrees to 360. Attached to float by a light metal framework.
Needle: Unsighted (carried inside the 4.75" (12.0 cm) diameter float)
O.A. height 1.5" (3.3 cm)
In a fitted wooden box 8.75" x 9.0" x 2.75" (22.2 x 22.9 x 7.0 cm)
Card: Mica, painted white with black markings, graduated to 1/2 points and in degrees to 360. Attached to float by a light metal framework.
Needle: Unsighted (carried inside the 4.75" (12.0 cm) diameter float)
O.A. height 1.5" (3.3 cm)
In a fitted wooden box 8.75" x 9.0" x 2.75" (22.2 x 22.9 x 7.0 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0875 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Liquid compass card |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | L. Doignon & Malakoff |
| Date made: | circa 1914 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 65 mm x 225 mm x 223 mm |
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