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Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass.
Bowl: Brass painted black with a weight at the base. Filler plug at side. Held in gimbals on U shaped bracket. Verge ring graduated 0 - 360 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction. Verge has two moveable, in azimuth, course indicators. Bowl painted white on inside with painted red lubber line. Height of bowl 1.75" (4.4 cm)
Card: Mica painted white with black markings. Graduated to 0 - 360 degrees and to 8 points. Domed float at the centre. Red line from centre to decorated North point.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Set on wooden stand diameter 4.5" (11.4 cm)
O.A. Height 4.5" (11.4 cm)
Bowl: Brass painted black with a weight at the base. Filler plug at side. Held in gimbals on U shaped bracket. Verge ring graduated 0 - 360 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction. Verge has two moveable, in azimuth, course indicators. Bowl painted white on inside with painted red lubber line. Height of bowl 1.75" (4.4 cm)
Card: Mica painted white with black markings. Graduated to 0 - 360 degrees and to 8 points. Domed float at the centre. Red line from centre to decorated North point.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Set on wooden stand diameter 4.5" (11.4 cm)
O.A. Height 4.5" (11.4 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0578 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass - aircraft |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Borde |
| Date made: | 1914-18; 1914-1918 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 114 mm; Diameter: 109 mm |