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Despite competing demands for materials and manpower for other projects
The paint was made luminous by exposure to sunlight or burning a strip of magnesium ribbon near the compass
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with the dial calibrated in 1/2 inches to the mile and centimeteres to the kilometre
Henry Thurlow Transparent Compass c.1881 Gatling Gun Despite competing demands for materialsAn extremely rare and unusual transparent pocket compass, made by Francis Barker & Son for Henry Thurlow of Ryde, Isle of Wight, c. 1881. The compass has a brass case, with a bronzed finish, and an English bar needle set on a pivot between the two glasses. It also has a unique rotating bezel transit lock mechanism turning the bezel anti clockwise locks the needle to protect the jewelled pivot point from excessive wear. The compass is signed on the
