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Liquid compass - aircraft
Bowl-Black painted alloy, filler plug at bottom, expansion chamber at fore end. Corrector magnet carrier on top. Inside of bowl black with a luminous wire lubberline mounted across diameter of curved verge glass.
Card-Dia. 2.75" (7cm) Vertical metal ring painted black with white markings, graduated to 360 degs., attached by four metal struts to pivot at centre.
Pivot-Mainly unsighted, but stem can be seen attached to base of bowl.
Card-Dia. 2.75" (7cm) Vertical metal ring painted black with white markings, graduated to 360 degs., attached by four metal struts to pivot at centre.
Pivot-Mainly unsighted, but stem can be seen attached to base of bowl.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO1233 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass - aircraft |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Carwil |
| Date made: | circa 1940 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 78 mm x 88 mm x 78 mm |
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