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Tell-tale compass by Clark & Price

English brass Tell-tale compass

Type of object:

Timekeeper & Sundial & Compass & Barograpf

Time period:

Britain rules the waves & France

Place:

Southampton, Highstreet 81 , UK

Date:

1900

Maker / Author:

Clark & Price

Publisher / Printer:

n/a

Dimensions:

12 cm rose

Material:

Glass, brass and paper

Graduation:

360°

Inscription:

n/a

Provenance:

UK

References:

n/a

Image by Austin Neill

Description

12 cm compass rose transformed to be used as a Tell-tale compass.
The captain could so follow the course from his bed.

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