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Lifeboat Compass


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      Date: 1900 -

Description: Compass fitted in brass casing. Compasses are used to steer a vessel on a pre selected course, and to take bearings of visible objects. Compass needles point to the north magnetic pole. The light was provided by an oil lamp.

Format: realia
Object: ships' compasses
Material: brass;  glass

Titles:
Lifeboat Compass

Subjects: navigational instruments

Institution: George Town and District Historical Society Inc.

Object number: GTH_PS0045

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