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Description: | Binnacle for submarine bridge compass. description from k/b visit.
A brass and mahogany binnacle with removable hood and fixed athwartship arms, only one holding a corrector ball. The hood has two windows, one missing, and a handle at the top. Illumination is by electric lamp with a socket on the side of the binnacle. Access to the bulb and to the correcting magnets is by a sliding door at the front. There are three bolt holes on the bottom.
This binnacle is in a bad state of repair.
Diameter 7" (17.8 cm)
O.A.Height 15.75" (45.2 cm) | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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