Compass, magnetic
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1953
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0859.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 6
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 6A/0473
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- steel magnetic needle; card unidentified material; glass window & lens; brass bowl; wooden handle
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.0 cm
- Width
- 10.5 cm
- Height
- 9.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- before 1953, the year in which Tudor Crown replaced by St. Edwards crown for coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
needle points toward magnetic north to indicate of direction airplane is heading - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering beneath Tudor crown reads: "A.M."; additional lettering stamped on rim reads: "6A/0473"; "TYPE 06"; "AFT"; "No 12924.D."
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- bowl painted gray; clear widow; dark brown handle
- Decoration
- Tudor crown stamped into metal on rim around bowl
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Unknown Manufacturer, Compass, magnetic, before 1953, Artifact no. 1991.0859, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0859.001/
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