Submarine liquid compass
        
        Bowl:  Brass painted grey. Has four expansion chambers on exterior wall. Glazed. Set in double gimbals. Glass bottom. White on inside with black lubber spike.
Card: Mica. White with black markings graduated 0 - 360 in degrees, 0 - 90 quadrantally and to 16 points. Black dome float at centre. Diameter 4.25" (10.9 cm)
Needle: Two tubes holding needles slung beneath the card.
Pivot: Unsighted.
      
    Card: Mica. White with black markings graduated 0 - 360 in degrees, 0 - 90 quadrantally and to 16 points. Black dome float at centre. Diameter 4.25" (10.9 cm)
Needle: Two tubes holding needles slung beneath the card.
Pivot: Unsighted.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0152 | 
|---|---|
| Type: | Submarine liquid compass | 
| Display location: | Not on display | 
| Creator: | Unknown | 
| Date made: | circa 1912 | 
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory | 
| Measurements: | Bowl: 95 mm x 179 mm | 
 
                    