Chetwynd liquid compass
- maker:
- Kelvin and White
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Chetwynd liquid compass, pattern no.22, with mica compass card and two Hammersley type expansion chambers sat on an annealed glass bowl of oil, by Kelvin and James White Ltd., Glasgow, Scottish, 1905-1912
Details
- Category:
- Navigation
- Object Number:
- 1924-407
- Materials:
- glass, brass (copper, zinc alloy), paint, iron, mica and oil (unspecified)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 264 mm x 246 mm x 223 mm, 9.16kg
- type:
- mariner's compass and magnetic compass
- credit:
- Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty
