Compass, astro
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIRCRAFT
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0829.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Mk.II
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 6A/1174
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predom. unidentified non-ferrous metal (possibly aluminum); steel; plastic component near top; glass lenses & bubbles (liquid-filled - unidentified)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.5 cm
- Width
- 13.5 cm
- Height
- 21.5 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
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- commonly used WWII (1939-1945); replaced by persicopic sextant in 1950's/ used until at least 1948; see inspection stamp inside .2
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
pointed at known star, incl. Sun, will indicate true north; detemine direction vessel (airplane or ship) is travelling - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- mfr. data painted on device reads: A.M./ASTRO COMPASS MK II/6A/1174 [illeg.]/4P"; lettering stamped on base reads: "CANADA/6A/1082"
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- painted black; detail predom. white; red; white component at top; clear windows; silver connectors & moving parts
- Decoration
- none
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Unknown Manufacturer, Compass, astro, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1991.0829, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0829.001/
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