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Clue:
The black bar balanced at the bearing is magnetic and was "pointing" North/South
The black bar balanced at the bearing is magnetic and was "pointing" North/South
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I noticed the 90° quadrants but thought they might be useful to some form of navigation unknown to me. Given that it has a needle pointer, I presume the device is used flat rather than upright. Might it be an angle finder for construction or mapping?Jezza wrote:That is what I thought when I first saw it and then noted the outer dial went from 0-90 and/or 90-0 on each quardrant.
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Not to diminish Hans' immense knowledge and abilities, but a Google Image search for philip harris brass is what I would have done...StuartR wrote:Wow, what a fantastic find. How on earth did Hans identify it?
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