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Scout car compass and binnacle - army
Bowl-Brass painted grey with white interior. A black lubber bracket. Filler hole on side and expansion chamber at base. A diameter bar supports the pivot mount. Set in binnacle.
Card- Mica. White with black markings graduated to four points and 0-360 degs. Black domed float at centre.
Binnacle- The metal binnacle is mounted on a cogged turntable which is itself on a metal plinth. Two arms come up from the plinth and these hold the corrector spheres. There is a "crown" type cover to the compass.
Card- Mica. White with black markings graduated to four points and 0-360 degs. Black domed float at centre.
Binnacle- The metal binnacle is mounted on a cogged turntable which is itself on a metal plinth. Two arms come up from the plinth and these hold the corrector spheres. There is a "crown" type cover to the compass.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0685 |
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| Type: | Scout car compass and binnacle - army |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Date made: | 1942 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 315 mm x 390 mm x 215 mm x 20 kg |