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Liquid compass card
Liquid compass card
Card: A mica ring 1.75" (4.5 cm) wide. The card is painted grey with black markings, graduated to 32 points and to 360 degrees. There is a second set of graduations to 360 degrees (mirror image) from the South point. Card attached to an unpainted white metal float 4.25" (10.8 cm) diameter at the centre.
Neelde: Unsighted, contained within the float.
Pivot: High domed conical pivot cup with jewel at top, carried in centre of float.
In fitted wooden box 9.25" x 9.25" x 3.0" (23.5 x 23.5 x 7.5 cm)
Card: A mica ring 1.75" (4.5 cm) wide. The card is painted grey with black markings, graduated to 32 points and to 360 degrees. There is a second set of graduations to 360 degrees (mirror image) from the South point. Card attached to an unpainted white metal float 4.25" (10.8 cm) diameter at the centre.
Neelde: Unsighted, contained within the float.
Pivot: High domed conical pivot cup with jewel at top, carried in centre of float.
In fitted wooden box 9.25" x 9.25" x 3.0" (23.5 x 23.5 x 7.5 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0878 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass card |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Doignon, L. |
| Date made: | 1928 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 75 mm x 232 mm x 234 mm |