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Description: | No. 20995
Pfad-finder Armee-Kompass C.Plath Hamburg
Liquid compass- (Pfadfinder Armee Kompas)
Bowl: Cylindrical bowl with a curved window at front to view vertical section of card. Verge ring is graduated 0 - 360 by 10 degree divisions in an anti-clockwise direction. There is a course setter, painted red, on the top glass. A lubber wire on front window and painted on inside of bowl which is white. Below bowl is a spindle which carries two sets corrector bar magnets, housed in a perforated cage. A lead seal on base of bowl. Fitted into original wall bracket.
Card: A white painted metal card with both horizontal and vertical graduations. Both planes are graduated to the four cardinal points and 0 - 360 degs by 10 degree divisions.
Needle: Unsighted.
Pivot: Unsighted.
O.A. Height 11" (28 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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