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Compass and binnacle
Admiralty transmitting compass Type 4G
Consists of a grey painted metal cylindrical casing 11" (27.9cm) dia. 26" (66cm) high. Two doors in base give access to fore and aft and athwartship corrector magnet racks, and a vertical tube containing the vertical magnets. A glazed aperture is cut in side of top of casing through which can be seen a vertical card, graduated to 360 degs.
Compass-Dia. 4.9" (12.5cm) mounted at top of casing. Black plastic casing with expansion chmaber at top. Fitted with a white plastic ring with black markings, graduated to 360degs. Attached to outer casing by a spring suspension system.
Consists of a grey painted metal cylindrical casing 11" (27.9cm) dia. 26" (66cm) high. Two doors in base give access to fore and aft and athwartship corrector magnet racks, and a vertical tube containing the vertical magnets. A glazed aperture is cut in side of top of casing through which can be seen a vertical card, graduated to 360 degs.
Compass-Dia. 4.9" (12.5cm) mounted at top of casing. Black plastic casing with expansion chmaber at top. Fitted with a white plastic ring with black markings, graduated to 360degs. Attached to outer casing by a spring suspension system.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO1180 |
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| Type: | Compass and binnacle |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Date made: | 1950 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 660 mm x 360 mm x 280 mm x 17 kg |