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Description: | "HUSUN"
PATT 182 No 466
Boat's liquid compass
Bowl: A brass bowl with black exterior and white interior. Has a black lubber spike and a heavy weight at base. Filler plug at side and expansion chamber at bottom. In double gimbals.
Card: A reduced diameter mica card, white with black markings graduated to quarter points.
Needle: Unsighted
Pivot: Unsighted
Binnacle: A square wooden binnacle with brass glazed pyramid hood. There is a door for access to compass and a gimbal locking device. The hood has three fixed windows, a large one for observation and two for lamps, one window being blanked off by a brass plate when not in use. Has securing rings on either side.
Dims: 8.75" x 8.5" x 13" (22.2cm x 21.6cm x 33cm) O.A. Height 15" (38cm)
Inscription.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | boat compasses liquid compasses | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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