Compass card

Card for a boat's compass.

Card: A mica card attached to the needles. The card is white with black markings graduated to half points and quadrantally in degrees The degree markings are inverted for use with a prism.

Needle: Two edge bar needles attached to the float. Length 3.5" (9 cm) x 0.5" (1.2 cm)

Pivot: The pivot is incorporated in a very highly domed float and can be removed by a screw at the top of the dome.

O.A. height 2.25" (5.7 cm)

Object Details

ID: ACO1054
Type: Compass card
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Edward John Dent & Co.
Date made: Feb 1914
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory
Measurements: 109 x 49 mm
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