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Compass card
Card for a liquid compass.
Card: A mica band 1.25" wide attached to float by a wire framework. The mica is brown with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally inn degrees.
Needle: There are six needles in three sets of two. The needles are enclosed in tubes.
lengths 6.25", 5.25", 3.0" (15.9 cm, 13.4 cm, 7.8 cm)
Pivot: The jewelled pivot cap is incorporated into the domed float and the jewel can be removed by a screw on the top of the float.
O.A. height 2" (5 cm)
Card: A mica band 1.25" wide attached to float by a wire framework. The mica is brown with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally inn degrees.
Needle: There are six needles in three sets of two. The needles are enclosed in tubes.
lengths 6.25", 5.25", 3.0" (15.9 cm, 13.4 cm, 7.8 cm)
Pivot: The jewelled pivot cap is incorporated into the domed float and the jewel can be removed by a screw on the top of the float.
O.A. height 2" (5 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO1069 |
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| Type: | Compass card |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Smith, F, & Son Ltd |
| Date made: | circa 1938 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |