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Compass card
Card for a liquid compass.
Card: A mica card attached to the float via the needles. The card is hand painted white with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees.
Needle: The two needles are held in tubes which are attached to the card by brackets and to the float.
Pivot: The pivot is incorporated into the domed float and the jewel can be removed by a screw at the top of the dome.
O.A. height 1.75" (4.5 cm)
Length 4.5" (11.3 cm)
Card: A mica card attached to the float via the needles. The card is hand painted white with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees.
Needle: The two needles are held in tubes which are attached to the card by brackets and to the float.
Pivot: The pivot is incorporated into the domed float and the jewel can be removed by a screw at the top of the dome.
O.A. height 1.75" (4.5 cm)
Length 4.5" (11.3 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO1072 |
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| Type: | Compass card |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Christie & Wilson |
| Date made: | circa 1938 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |