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Liquid compass
Liquid compass
Card: A card band 1.0" (2.5 cm) wide, white with black markings graduated to quarter points and 0 - 360 by 2 degree divisions.
Neelde: The four flat bar needles are attached to a brass circumference and to the pivot cap Lengths 2 x 5.0" (12.6 cm) & 2 x 4.5" (11.4 cm)
Pivot: A brass and aluminium pivot cap with a wooden inset piece at the top.
Card: A card band 1.0" (2.5 cm) wide, white with black markings graduated to quarter points and 0 - 360 by 2 degree divisions.
Neelde: The four flat bar needles are attached to a brass circumference and to the pivot cap Lengths 2 x 5.0" (12.6 cm) & 2 x 4.5" (11.4 cm)
Pivot: A brass and aluminium pivot cap with a wooden inset piece at the top.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0897 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wilcox Crittenden & Co |
| Date made: | 1948 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 15 mm; Diameter: 125 mm |