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Type D
Bowl- Brass, inside painted white. Expansion chamber and filler plug fitted to base. Verge glass has wire lubber line and arrow mounted across diameter.
Card- Plastic spider, North end red, South end blue, of four legs.
Needle- Two needle magnets mounted on underside of spider.
Pivot- Steel on brass needle attached to crossbar at base of bowl.
O.A.height 2.85" (7.8cm)
Card- Plastic spider, North end red, South end blue, of four legs.
Needle- Two needle magnets mounted on underside of spider.
Pivot- Steel on brass needle attached to crossbar at base of bowl.
O.A.height 2.85" (7.8cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0414 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass - aircraft compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Air Ministry |
| Date made: | 1932 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 55 mm; Diameter: 100 mm |