Description
Brass compass on gimbals, in mahogany box; with glass cover at top with white-painted fiducial line and two brass sights slotted in place; and second glass cover set in base so that a second compass card can be read from beneath when instrument is suspended. The mahogany compass box has a sliding lid.
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