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Description: | CHETWYND & CLARKES PATENT No 18510/08 KELVIN & JAMES WHITE LTD No. 171P
No. 1718
Bowl: Brass painted black. Glazed top and bottom. Fixed prism sight. Two expansion chambers on outside. Set in double gimbals. White on inside with black lubber spike below sight.
Card: Mica. White with black markings graduated to quarter points and 0 - 90 in degrees quadrantally on inner and outer scales. Domed float at centre. Diameter 5" (12.75 cm)
Needle: Two needles set in tubes which are attached to float.
Pivot: Unsighted.
Sight: Has a movable prism inside.
O.A. Height 6" (15.2 cm)
Inscription.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | liquid compasses | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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