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1543414705Code 6144 Antique pelorusBrass pelorus signed Henry Hughes & Son London in its original mahogany box, made at the end of 1800s. The instrument is equipped with a sighting system with movable pinnules and sights and an eight-wind compass card complete with an engraved goniometric circle. Good condition, chipping in the box, fully functional. Closed box cm 26x26 h 19 - inches 10.23x10.23 h 7.48.
This is an azimuthal quadrant equipped with a compass used to determine the position of a ship during coastal navigation. The survey takes place by measuring two specific visible and distinguishable coastal points, which will subsequently be shown on the nautical chart in order to find the point of meeting the two direction lines.
The Henry Hughes & Son firm was founded in London in 1828 as a manufacturer of scientific instruments, then specialized in the construction of navigation instruments. During the First World War it developed the first compass to be used by airplanes. In 1923 this firm made the first echo sounder. In 1941 the London factory was completely destroyed and then the firm entered into a collaboration agreement with Kelvin Bottomley and these two companies merged.
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