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Liquid compass
liquid compass
INSTRUMENTS - COMPASSES - LIQUIDE. S. Ritchie & Sons; T. S. & J. D. Negus
USA, NY, New York; USA, MA, Boston
circa 1941
overall: 3 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 5 in.
Liquid compass, in wooden box with dovetailed joints and sliding lid; gimballed bowl painted black, stamped on edge "E. S. RITCHIE & SONS BOSTON" serial number 86300; compass card graduated into cardinal and intercardinal points; printed on card, below fleur-de-lis north "RITCHIE, BOSTON, USA"; stamped at center of card "T. S. & J. D. NEGUS/ NEW YORK"; used on yawl boat of 4-masted schooner HERBERT L. RAWDING, circa 1941.
UNIDENTIFIED yawl boat
1996.68.1