'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable metal fixtures

Made:
1939-1945 in United Kingdom
inventor:
J Cole
'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable 'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable 'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable 'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable Sun compass (Cole pattern): Unknown maker

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'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Sun compass (Cole pattern): Unknown maker
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable metal fixtures, used for directing armoured vehicles in the Libyan desert during the Second World War, unsigned, British, 1939-1946

Details

Category:
Navigation
Object Number:
1946-5
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy), stainless steel, metal (unknown), paint and spirit
Measurements:
with stand: 217 mm 204 mm, 2.705kg
type:
sun compass
credit:
Board of Admiralty