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Liquid compass
Liquid compass
Card: A mica band attached to the float by wires. The card is white with black markings graduated to eight points and 0 - 36 (0 - 360 degrees)
Needle: The four needles, in two pairs, are each held in metal tubes, these tubes are attached to the float. Lengths 2 x 2.25" (5.7 cm) & 2 x 3.25" (8.3 cm)
O.A. height 1.25" ( 3.3 cm)
Card: A mica band attached to the float by wires. The card is white with black markings graduated to eight points and 0 - 36 (0 - 360 degrees)
Needle: The four needles, in two pairs, are each held in metal tubes, these tubes are attached to the float. Lengths 2 x 2.25" (5.7 cm) & 2 x 3.25" (8.3 cm)
O.A. height 1.25" ( 3.3 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0899 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | E. S. Ritchie & Sons |
| Date made: | circa 1940 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm; Diameter: 100 mm |