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Compass card
Card for a liquid compass.
Card: A one inch band of mica is supported by a wire framework attached to the dome. The card is mica, brown with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees.
Needle: The two needles are enclosed in tubes which are attached to the domed float.
Length 2.9" (7.3 cm)
Pivot: The pivot is incorporated into the domed float and the jewel can be changed by a screw on the top of the float.
Card: A one inch band of mica is supported by a wire framework attached to the dome. The card is mica, brown with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees.
Needle: The two needles are enclosed in tubes which are attached to the domed float.
Length 2.9" (7.3 cm)
Pivot: The pivot is incorporated into the domed float and the jewel can be changed by a screw on the top of the float.
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Object details
| ID: | ACO1080 |
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| Type: | Compass card |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Henry Hughes & Son Limited |
| Date made: | 1940 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |