Master unit
- Made:
- 1940-1945 in United Kingdom
- inventor:
- Philip Andrew Cooke and
- Leonard Charles Bygrave
Master unit, Mark I, from an RAF Distant Reading Gyro-Magnetic Compass, composed of a magnet controlled directional gyroscope and magnetic corrector box, invented by Philip Andrew Cooke and Leonard Charles Bygrave, 1926, unsigned, British, 1940-1945
Details
- Category:
- Navigation
- Object Number:
- 1950-295
- Materials:
- steel (metal), aluminium (metal), plastic (unidentified), lead (metal), velvet, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and electrical components
- Measurements:
-
overall: 430 mm 255 mm,
- type:
- gyrocompass
- credit:
- Aero Spares Co.
