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Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass
It is not possible to see the magnetic compass, only the projector unit.
Consists of a white ground glass disc with a moveable pointer at the centre, fitted with a verge ring which is graduated to 360 degrees. Mounted in a grey painted aluminium bowl with hood attached which has an oval aperture at aft side. Below bowl is a grey painted aluminium tube 7.9" (20 cm) long, 3.15" (8 cm) in diameter, containing projection mechanism and compass? The whole suspended by by springs in a light aluminium framework.
O.A. Height 16.9" (43 cm)
It is not possible to see the magnetic compass, only the projector unit.
Consists of a white ground glass disc with a moveable pointer at the centre, fitted with a verge ring which is graduated to 360 degrees. Mounted in a grey painted aluminium bowl with hood attached which has an oval aperture at aft side. Below bowl is a grey painted aluminium tube 7.9" (20 cm) long, 3.15" (8 cm) in diameter, containing projection mechanism and compass? The whole suspended by by springs in a light aluminium framework.
O.A. Height 16.9" (43 cm)
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Object details
| ID: | ACO0589 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass - aircraft |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Plath, C. |
| Date made: | 1940 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 212 mm x 429 mm x 220 mm |