Azimuth Compass in Wooden Box, Azimuth Compass in a wooden box. The compass has a fixed level device. The eyepiece consists of a prismatic visor to read the rose, combined with a slit visor with a black and green black-out glass, the wire visor on the other side is equipped with a tilting black mirror. The boiler is weighted with a lead weight at the bottom. The rose can be fixed with two mechanisms in the boiler: one is a lever with a ring around the pin, which lifts the rose off the pin, the other is a spring that is pushed against the edge of the rose., W. & T. Gilbert (mentioned on object)

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