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Liquid compass
Liquid compass
Card: A mica band 1.5" (3.8 cm) wide attached to the dome by short radii. The card is white with black markings graduated to eight points and 0 - 360 in degrees.
Needle: The four needles, in two pairs, are each held in metal tubes which are held in a flange on the dome. Length 3.25" (8.3 cm) & 4.0" (10.2 cm)
Card: A mica band 1.5" (3.8 cm) wide attached to the dome by short radii. The card is white with black markings graduated to eight points and 0 - 360 in degrees.
Needle: The four needles, in two pairs, are each held in metal tubes which are held in a flange on the dome. Length 3.25" (8.3 cm) & 4.0" (10.2 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0892 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hand |
| Date made: | circa 1945 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 45 mm; Diameter: 190 mm |