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Liquid compass
Liquid compass
Card: A mica band 1" (2.5 cm) wide attached to needles by a wire framework. The card is white with black markings graduated to quarter points and from 0 - 360
Needle: The four needles, in two pairs, are each held in metal tubes and attached to the domed float. Dimensions 2 x 3.25" (8.2 cm) & 2 x 4.0" (10.2 cm)
Card: A mica band 1" (2.5 cm) wide attached to needles by a wire framework. The card is white with black markings graduated to quarter points and from 0 - 360
Needle: The four needles, in two pairs, are each held in metal tubes and attached to the domed float. Dimensions 2 x 3.25" (8.2 cm) & 2 x 4.0" (10.2 cm)
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Object details
| ID: | ACO0895 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | E. S. Ritchie & Sons |
| Date made: | May 1918 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 40 mm; Diameter: 118 mm |