Reader, binnacle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HYDROGRAPHIC
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0214.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MCGREGOR, D. & CO.
- MODEL
- THOMPSON'S
- LOCATION
- Glasgow, Scotland
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General Information
- Serial #
- 8
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.9 cm
- Width
- 12.3 cm
- Height
- 17.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Hydrography/oceanography
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MCGREGOR
- Country
- Scotland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Glasgow
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
MOUNTED ON SIDE OF BINNACLE, CAN BE MOVED AROUND TO LINE UP WITH THE POSITION OF THE SUN, SO THAT SUN SHINES THROUGH PRISM/ BY READING THE COMPASS CARD THE EXACT POSITION, AZIMUTH & ALTUTUDE OF THE SUN CAN BE DETERMINED, ALLOWING AN ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF THE SUN'S POSITION - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE 'D. McGREGOR & Co./ OPTICIANS/ GLASGOW/ GREENOCK, LIVERPOOL'/ ENGRAVED ON TUBE '8'
- Missing
- From CA of 08/14/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- PAINTED DARK GREY-BRONZE, LIGHT YELLOW PLATE & PURPLE-RED BUBBLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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MCGREGOR, D. & CO., Reader, binnacle, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1971.0214, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0214.001/
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