Rotary gyro compass

Made:: circa 1909 in Kiel

maker:: Anschütz & Company

Rotary gyro compass, fully contained inside metal housing, with threaded tube and three braided cables, possibly experimental or developmental model, by Anschütz & Co., Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, c.1909

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Category:: Navigation

Object Number:: 1994-1535

type:: compasses (direction indicators)

credit:: National Maritime Museum

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Rotary gyro compass

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