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Description: | No. 3 ARCTIC SLEDGE
Bowl: Brass, has hinged top with hole for reading course. Brass verge ring with glass. Has lanyard ring bound in leather. Card lifter on outside.
Card: Black with white markings graduated to 1/4 points and in degrees 0 - 360 anticlockwise. Crown on card. Diameter 1.8" (4.7 cm)
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted. Jewelled brass pivot cap at centre of card.
Encased in leather
O.A. Height 1.0" (2.5 cm)
This compass was used in the Discovery Antarctic expedition of 1901 - 4
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Discovery 1901 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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