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Liquid compass and binnacle
Bowl-Black painted plastic bowl with domed glass. Inside of bowl black with four black lubber lines carried on white plastic strips, set 90 degs apart. Expansion chamber at base, filler plug at side. Mounted in a dwarf binnacle.
Card-Dia. 4.7" (12cm) White plastic ring with black markings, graduated to 360 deg, attached by black cruciform framework to pivot at centre.
Needle-Two needles of square section mounted below pivot.
Binnacle-Black painted aluminium. Fitted with two quadrantal correctors operated by gears.
Card-Dia. 4.7" (12cm) White plastic ring with black markings, graduated to 360 deg, attached by black cruciform framework to pivot at centre.
Needle-Two needles of square section mounted below pivot.
Binnacle-Black painted aluminium. Fitted with two quadrantal correctors operated by gears.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO1287 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass and binnacle |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1940 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 250 mm; Diameter: 290 mm |
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