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Description: | GRANT PRESTON 108 MINORIES LONDON
Bowl-Copper with brass rim. four cude lubber lines. glass bottom. Brass verge ring and top glass.
Card-Mica painted white with black markings, graduated to 1/2 points and decorated North and East points. hole at centre to accommodate gimballed pivot. Two wax balancing blobs on underside. Dia. 4.5" (11.5cm)
Needle-Flat bar expanded centre. Pivot gimbal attached. Length 4.5" (11.5cm)
Pivot-Pivot of inverted type in gimbals at centre of card which bears on jewelled cap in bell-shaped brass weight which in turn rests on steel spike in brass mount attached to bottom glass.
binnacle-Brass, aperture for accommodating lamp (missing). Glazed top and fitted with hood. Fitted with two rings, one either side, for lashing to boat thwart.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Preston Grant | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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