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Magnet holder - aircraft?
Magnet holder, compass corrector.
Consists of a wooden block with a metal mounting plate at base. It has nine holes fore-and-aft and nine holes athwartships fitted with metal cover plates, into which corrector magnets can be inserted. There is provision for seven vertical magnets which can be inserted in a sliding wooden block. One side of the block carries a brass attachment with worm gear that can raise or lower a brass tube which can carry a corrector magnet.
O.A. height 4.75" (12.2 cm)
Consists of a wooden block with a metal mounting plate at base. It has nine holes fore-and-aft and nine holes athwartships fitted with metal cover plates, into which corrector magnets can be inserted. There is provision for seven vertical magnets which can be inserted in a sliding wooden block. One side of the block carries a brass attachment with worm gear that can raise or lower a brass tube which can carry a corrector magnet.
O.A. height 4.75" (12.2 cm)
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO1307 |
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| Type: | Magnet holder - aircraft? |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1940 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 120 mm x 90 mm x 75 mm |