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Description: | "P".29"" "206 Grains"
KELVIN & JAMES WHITE LTD PATENTS (SIR Wm THOMPSON) SOLE MAKERS KELVIN & JAMES WHITE LTD 18 CAMBRIDGE ST. GLASGOW
SIR W. THOMPSON'S PATENT No 19425 (ms) REGISTERED (trade mark) KELVIN & J.WHITE LTD GLASGOW
Card for a dry compass.
A very light paper rim attached to a thin vertical aluminium band. The paper rim is black with white markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees. There are silk threads running from the rim to an aluminium boss at the centre.
The needles, 8 in 4 pairs, are suspended by silk threads. Between the boss threads and the needles and thread is a silver paper circle, its rim glued to the white paper rim.
Dims of needles 3.5", 3.0", 2.75" & 2" (8.0, 7.7, 7.0 & 5.1 cm)
Inscription.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Terra Nova fl.1910 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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