Liquid compass

Liquid compass

Card: A mica band 2.25" wide. The card is white with black markings graduated to half points and 0 - 360 in degrees. There is a second set of degree graduations which are inverted and 180 degrees out from the first.

Needle: The eight round needles, in four pairs, are in two sets one above the other and are all held inside the opened float. Lengths 2.5" (6.4 cm) 3.5" (8.9 cm)

Pivot: There is no pivot.

Object Details

ID: ACO0879
Type: Liquid compass
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ch. Bianchetti & Co
Date made: 1931
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory
Parts: Liquid compass