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Mounting tube
Heeling error corrector mounting tube.
Aluminium disc painted buff, at the centre of which is mounted a hollow brass tube which has a slit along its length which is graduated 25 - 60
Where German naval compasses were mounted on a shelf, as was sometimes done, this vertical tube was secured below the shelf and on it could be mounted the usual horizontal and vertical correctors.
Aluminium disc painted buff, at the centre of which is mounted a hollow brass tube which has a slit along its length which is graduated 25 - 60
Where German naval compasses were mounted on a shelf, as was sometimes done, this vertical tube was secured below the shelf and on it could be mounted the usual horizontal and vertical correctors.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0811 |
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| Type: | Mounting tube |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1945 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 520 mm; Diameter: 290 mm |
| Parts: | Mounting tube |
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