Gimbaled binnacle compass
By KELVIN & HUGHES , 1900

[Gimbaled binnacle compass].

Surveying and navigational instruments
  • 作者: KELVIN & HUGHES
  • 出版地: London,
  • 发布日期: [c1950-1960].
  • 物理描述: Brass helmet case with glass window and lateral oil lamp cylinder, gimbaled compass within, signed Kelvin & Hughes.
  • 库存参考: 12775

笔记

A compass used for lifeboats.

The traditional purpose of the binnacle was to hold the ship's magnetic compass, mounted in gimbals to keep it level while the ship pitched and rolled.

The company Kelvin Hughes was formed in 1947 by the merger between the scientific instrument manufacturing firms of Henry Hughes & Son, London, and Kelvin Bottomley & Baird, Glasgow.

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