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Code 7935a
EUR 1000.00
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1749572127Code 7935a Aeronautical CompassAeronautical compass signed Sestrel H B & S London made in England from the thirties, in brass and glass, mounted on a custom-made ebonized wooden board.
Measurements cm 19x16 – 7.5x6.2
The compass consists of a cylindrical brass container, called a mortar, on the bottom of which is fixed a hard metal stem, on which the eight-wind rose is placed, appropriately constrained, so that the zero coincides with the magnetic polarity. To minimize friction, the mortar is filled with a low freezing point liquid, also having the purpose of quickly dampening any oscillations of the wind rose and closed by a sturdy protective glass.
Sestrel is a registered trademark of Henry Browne & Son, which was an important English company producing high quality compasses, inclinometers, sextants, etc. founded in the second half of the 19th century. The brand 'Sestrel' is a name that comes from the initials of the qualities that the brand itself embodies: SEnsitive –STeady – RELiable (sensitive-safe-reliable).
Sestrel is in fact a name synonymous with quality and precision, as is demonstrated by the number of instruments with that brand, both vintage and antique, still in use today.
he first historical references to the use of magnetic directional force in Europe date back to the end of the 12th century or the beginning of the 13th century and attribute the exploitation of the properties of the magnet to the Amalfitans. The gimbal suspension made its first appearance around the middle of the 16th century. An exact description can be found in the short compendium “De la esfera y de la arte de navegar”, by Martin Cortés (1551), which gives precise instructions for the construction of the compass. The great discoveries of new lands, from the middle of the 15th century onwards, are largely attributable to the improvements in the instrument.
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