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. Bowl-Brass weighted at base, fitted with stop mechanism. Black painted lubber line on inside of bowl. Set in brass gimbal ring. Card-Mica covered with paper. Black with white markings graduated to 1/4 points. Dia. 6.75" (17.2cm) Needle-Two edge bar
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. Card- Mica covered with paper. White with black markings, graduated to 1/2 points with a decorated East point, graduated quadrantally in degrees. At centre of card is a 2" hole to accommodate pivot mounting. One balancing stud at S by W point. Nee
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. Card- Mica covered with paper. White with black markings, graduated to 1/2 points with a decorated East point, edge of card graduated quadrantally in degrees. On underside are two metal balancing weights. Needle- Flar bar type 6.9" (17.6cm) length
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. Card-Mica covered with paper, black with white markings, graduated to 1/2 points, with decorated N & E points. Needle- Single "T" shaped fin 5" (12.7cm) long, cut away at centre to accommodate the jewelled pivot cup. Pivot- Jewelled p
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. Card-Mica covered with paper, black with white markings, graduated to 1/4 points with a decorated East point. Needle-T-shaped with the vertical "fin" cut away at centre to accommodate jewel cap. Has an expanded centre which has a hole cut in i
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. Card-Mica covered with paper, white with black and white markings, graduated to 1/4 points. Needle- Single steel needle, 6.5" long, T-shaped with the vertical fin cut away at centre to accommodate the jewel cap. The centre of needle is slightly ex
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. Dry compass Card: Mica covered with paper, black with white markings, graduated to quarter points. Needle: Two heavy edge bar needles 4.35" (11.1 cm) in length, attached to card by a brass ring. Pivot: Double pivot type, upper pivot secured t
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. Dry compass Card: Mica covered with paper, white with black markings, graduated to quarter points. Needle: Single steel needle, T shaped with the vertical fin cut away at the centre to accommodate the jewel cap. The centre of needle is slightly expa
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. Dry compass Card: Mica covered with paper. Black with markings, graduated to half points with a decorated E point. Needle: T shaped with the vertical "fin" cut away at the centre to accommodate jewel cap. Has an expanded centre with a hole
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. Liquid compass Card: This card consists of two flat circular pieces of metal joined at the edges by metal rims half an inch wide. There is a circular aperture at the centre to hold the pivot gimbals. The card is white with black markings graduated to
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. Needle for a dry compass, mounted on a piece of plastic?
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. Pivot with a bell shaped weight.
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. Sextant elescope (ocular section missing) probably inverted image.
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. Sighting tube for a sextant
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. Sighting tube for a sextant
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. Telescope for a sextant (ocular section missing) probably inverted image
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. The compass is on a wooden stand.
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. The sextant has a black-lacquered brass oval-pattern frame and a wooden handle. The tangent screw and clamping screw are located on the back of the index arm. The sextant has four shades, three red and one green and three horizon shades, two red and one
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Dent's Axis Compass with Damping Wires. Dent's Axis Compass with Damping Wires, on wooden stand.
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