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Compass card
Card for a boat's compass.
Card: A mica card attached to the domed float. The card is white with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees.
Needle: The two needles are held in cylinders attached to the float. Length 4" (10.2 cm)
Pivot: The pivot is incorporated in the float and can be removed by a screw at the top of the dome.
O.A. height 1.5" (3.4 cm)
Card: A mica card attached to the domed float. The card is white with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees.
Needle: The two needles are held in cylinders attached to the float. Length 4" (10.2 cm)
Pivot: The pivot is incorporated in the float and can be removed by a screw at the top of the dome.
O.A. height 1.5" (3.4 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO1079 |
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| Type: | Compass card |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd |
| Date made: | circa 1938 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |