Liquid compass and binnacle

Bowl-Dia. 8.5" (21.5cm) Grey painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base. Inside of bowl appears to be painted white but features obscured.
Card-Dia. 6.75" (17.1cm) Appears to be grey painted mica (?) ring with black markings and to 360 degs.
Binnacle-Plywood pedestal with brass binnacle top .Dia. of pedestal 13" (33cm) Dia. of binnacle top 11" (28cm). Binnacle top fitted with screw rods threaded and fitted with four screws, two on each side. Plywood pedestal has provision for fore and aft and athwartship corrector magnets racks and a single vertical magnet carried in a wooden tube.
Hood-Grey painted brass with an aperture with sliding shutters on one side. There is a hole for an electric lamp fitting on top (missing).

Object Details

ID: ACO1188
Type: Liquid compass and binnacle
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Beck-Lee Corp; Lionel Corporation
Date made: 1942
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory
Measurements: Overall: 1194 mm x 750 mm x 400 in x 40 kg
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