Chetwynd liquid compass

Made:: 1905-1912 in Glasgow

maker:: Kelvin and White

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Chetwynd liquid compass, pattern no
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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

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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

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