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Spider for liquid compass - aircraft
Spider compass
Card: Spider with eight elements (two broken) all bent to improve damping effect. Pivot point at centre.
Needle: Four needles in two sets of two mounted below spider. Length: 1.25" (3.2 cm)
Pivot: Inverted type with pivot point set in cup at centre of spider.
OA height 2.0" (5.1 cm)
Card: Spider with eight elements (two broken) all bent to improve damping effect. Pivot point at centre.
Needle: Four needles in two sets of two mounted below spider. Length: 1.25" (3.2 cm)
Pivot: Inverted type with pivot point set in cup at centre of spider.
OA height 2.0" (5.1 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO1334 |
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| Type: | Spider for liquid compass - aircraft |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Date made: | circa 1930 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 25 mm x 70 mm x 85 mm |