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1670244700Code 7461 Nautical CompassBrass liquid compass on gimbal signed Simpson Lawrence Glasgow from the early 1900s, mounted on a custom-made wooden and brass table. Rose with eight winds complete with protractor circle. The compass consists of a cylindrical container in brass and bronze, called a mortar on the bottom of which a hard metal stem is fixed, on which the wind rose is placed, suitably constrained, so that the zero coincides with the magnetic polarity. Table width 18 inch 7.1 cm, compass diameter 13.5 inch 5.55 cm, height on the base 12.3 inch 4.8 cm.
Very good condition.
Simpson-Lawrence started out in the late 19th century supplying various rigging for yachts. During the Second World War Simpson-Lawrence Ltd supplied a great deal of material for various types of service vessels.
The first hints in Europe on the use of instruments using magnetic fields for orientation are dated back to the late twelfth century, especially thanks to the knowledge brought by merchants and sailors after contacts with the Arabs: we find hints in the work by Alexander Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor's friend". Even the inventory of a Sicilian ship of 1200's, the San Nicolò, refers to the presence on board of a magnet and a "bussola di ligno", that is a wooden compass.
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