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Category
Collection
Maker
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Chinese mariner's compass

1830-1920

4" night compass on gimbals with Singers patented black and white marked card

1861-1872

Pattern no.25. Torpedo boat compass

Submarine projector liquid compass

1917-1924

Boats compass H 97 numbered 67 inside lid. Card 2 3/4" diam. on gimbals is metal

Mariner's compass

1830-1920

Mariner's compass

circa 1775

Mariner's compass in gimbals on stand with 3 inch single bar magnet compass card

1870-1875

Mariner's compass

1830-1920

Chinese mariner's compass in wood case with south ideograph marked in red

1825-1875

Self-registering compass on elaborate brass stand, clockwork mechanism records the ship's head every 3 minutes

1848-1864

Admiralty steering compass demonstrating the laminated compass needles typical of the mid-19th century

1850-1870

Chetwynd liquid compass

1905-1912

Brass mariner's compass in gimbals set in mahogany box with handles and lead weight to improve stability at sea

1775-1850

Torpedo boat liquid compass on gimbals, pattern no. 24, with iridium pivot designed to reduce vibration in fast vessels. By E Dent & Company Limited, London, 1875-1885.

Torpedo boat liquid compass on gimbals, with carry case

1875-1885

Self registering compass and binnacle made by Newton Bros. Hull. Pat.Spec. 1882 N.251

Self registering compass and binnacle made by Newton Bros. Hull.

Kelvin type 4-inch aperiodic compass with gimbals, plus binnacle and brass hood, by James White, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1876. The Kelvin type 4-inch aperiodic compass with gimbals, plus binnacle and brass hood was presented in 1876 by Lord Kelvin, Sir William Thomson.

Kelvin type 4-inch aperiodic compass with gimbals

1876