Liquid compass
Liquid compass
Card: A mica band 2.25" wide. The card is white with black markings graduated to half points and 0 - 360 in degrees. There is a second set of degree graduations which are inverted and 180 degrees out from the first.
Needle: The eight round needles, in four pairs, are in two sets one above the other and are all held inside the opened float. Lengths 2.5" (6.4 cm) 3.5" (8.9 cm)
Pivot: There is no pivot.
Card: A mica band 2.25" wide. The card is white with black markings graduated to half points and 0 - 360 in degrees. There is a second set of degree graduations which are inverted and 180 degrees out from the first.
Needle: The eight round needles, in four pairs, are in two sets one above the other and are all held inside the opened float. Lengths 2.5" (6.4 cm) 3.5" (8.9 cm)
Pivot: There is no pivot.
Object Details
| ID: | ACO0879 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ch. Bianchetti & Co |
| Date made: | 1931 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Parts: | Liquid compass |
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