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Description: | Bare needle type plane table compass with mahogany bowl. Graduations 360 degs and quadrantal in 5 degs. Card marked with table of Sun's declination, circle of hours and one of months, ornemented with fleur-de-lys at S point. Horizontal angles, time and declination can be measured with this instrument but the means is unclear as stand of case is missing. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | azimuth compasses | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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