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Compass
Bare needle type plane table compass with mahogany bowl. Graduations 360 degs and quadrantal in 5 degs. Card marked with table of Sun's declination, circle of hours and one of months, ornemented with fleur-de-lys at S point. Horizontal angles, time and declination can be measured with this instrument but the means is unclear as stand of case is missing.
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV0282 |
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| Type: | Compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hayes, Walter |
| Date made: | circa 1664 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 20 mm x 190 mm x 130 mm |
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