Magnet holder - aircraft?

Magnet holder, compass corrector.

Consists of a wooden block with a metal mounting plate at base. It has nine holes fore-and-aft and nine holes athwartships fitted with metal cover plates, into which corrector magnets can be inserted. There is provision for seven vertical magnets which can be inserted in a sliding wooden block. One side of the block carries a brass attachment with worm gear that can raise or lower a brass tube which can carry a corrector magnet.

O.A. height 4.75" (12.2 cm)

Object Details

ID: ACO1307
Type: Magnet holder - aircraft?
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1940
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory
Measurements: Overall: 120 mm x 90 mm x 75 mm
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