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.

Object Details

ID: ACO1287
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