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1670244182Code 7451 Large Nautical CompassLarge liquid-filled nautical compass mounted on a gimbal signed Sestrel from the 1920s.
Made for Trawler Owners Asson. Ltd Milford Haven, a trawler owners association founded in 1917. The compass is mounted on a bespoke walnut board with brass mounts. The compass consists of a cylindrical container in brass and bronze, on the bottom of which a stem of hard metal is fixed, on which the eight-wind rose complete with protractor circle is placed and suitably constrained, so that the zero coincides with the magnetic polarity. To minimize friction, the mortar is filled with low freezing point liquid, which also has the purpose of quickly damping any oscillations and closed at the top by a sturdy protective glass. Very good condition, fully functional. Compass diameter 24 cm - 9.5 inches, table size 31.7x16 cm - inches. 12.5x6.3
Sestrel is a trade mark of Henry Browne & son, an important English firm maker quality compasses, inclinometers, sextants, etc. established in the second half of XIX century. The brand ‘Sestrel’ was an amalgam of the qualities their instruments embody is in fact a name synonymous with quality and accuracy; this is evidenced by the sheer number of vintage and antique instruments still in use today.
The invention of the compass is mysterious but it is well known that magnetite was discovered in Magnesia, a city of Asia Minor. We can find the first indications about the use in Europe of the magnetic force for orientation at the end of the XII century because of merchants and Arab navigators.
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