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Pocket compass
Dry card compass in a brass bowl with a brass lid. The card is graduated to 32 points and quadrantally in degrees, with the north and east points decorated. The copmpass is part of a set of instruments belonged to Edward Newell Harrison, who was clerk of HMS 'Assistance' during the 1850-51 search for Franklin. The set comprises a small magnetic compass for direction finding, and a box sextant (NAV1220) and artificial horizon (NAV0019), used together for making observations while carrying out surveying work on land.
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV0466 |
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| Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
| Type: | Pocket compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gilbert & Sons |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Austin, 1850-1851 |
| Vessels: | Assistance (1835) |
| Date made: | circa 1815 |
| Exhibition: | North-West Passage |
| People: | Harrison, Paymaster Edward Newell |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 40 mm; Diameter: 71 mm |
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