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Situation
Avinguda de les
Drassanes, s/n
08001 Barcelona
Binnacle from a Compañía Trasmediterránea ship
Binnacle, unknown, early 20th century
Llegir més
Num. inventory: 10119 (plus 10123, plus 15732)
Object name: binnacle
Object date: early 20th century.
Author: unknown
Technique and material: wood, metal, glass.
Navigational instruments
A binnacle is a case holding a nautical compass and two metal balls (the one to port painted green and the one to starboard painted red) that compensate for the magnetism of the ship. The case also has a light that makes the compass visible at night and contains a small cabinet where the ship’s log is kept.
This model, by an unknown manufacturer, holds a compass bowl with a dry compass (inventory nº 10123) and has a bubble inclinometer wrapped around the outside (inventory nº 15732).
