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Type P.2
Liquid compass
Card: Spider with eight arma all bent to improve damper efect. Three marked E, S, W and one with the RAF "North Wings". Dome at centre with spike and ring.
Needle: Four needles in two sets of two slung beneath card. Length 1.25" (3.2cm)
Pivot: Stalk and cup, stalk screws into metal bar at base.
Set on ACO wooden base O.A. height 2" (5.1cm)
Card: Spider with eight arma all bent to improve damper efect. Three marked E, S, W and one with the RAF "North Wings". Dome at centre with spike and ring.
Needle: Four needles in two sets of two slung beneath card. Length 1.25" (3.2cm)
Pivot: Stalk and cup, stalk screws into metal bar at base.
Set on ACO wooden base O.A. height 2" (5.1cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0330 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass - aircraft |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Date made: | Unknown |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 85 mm; Diameter: 100 mm |
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