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Patt 190
Binnacle with hood. description from k/b visit.
Binnacle: Dia. at top 11.25" (28.6 cm). Dia. at base 14" (35.5 cm). Varnished wood with grey painted brass fittings. Fitted with a clinometer, sphere brackets (spheres missing), 'Flinders Bar' 24.25" (61.5 cm) long. The corrector coils are enclosed in a large ring round the binnacle top. Two wooden doors give access to the fore-and-aft and the athwartship corrector magnet racks and bucket for vertical corrector magnets.
Hood: Grey painted brass with a large glazed oval aperture with lid on one side, a slit with sliding shutter on the other side. There is a round aperture with cover at top. Fitted with an oil lamp bracket at side (lamp missing).
Binnacle: Dia. at top 11.25" (28.6 cm). Dia. at base 14" (35.5 cm). Varnished wood with grey painted brass fittings. Fitted with a clinometer, sphere brackets (spheres missing), 'Flinders Bar' 24.25" (61.5 cm) long. The corrector coils are enclosed in a large ring round the binnacle top. Two wooden doors give access to the fore-and-aft and the athwartship corrector magnet racks and bucket for vertical corrector magnets.
Hood: Grey painted brass with a large glazed oval aperture with lid on one side, a slit with sliding shutter on the other side. There is a round aperture with cover at top. Fitted with an oil lamp bracket at side (lamp missing).
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