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8253 Sinclair Haymarket London Signature Liquid Sensing Pocket Compass
$1,077.46
£805.76
€900
CA$1,484.68
A$1,619.75
CHF 857.65
MX$19,409.21
NOK 10,922.61
SEK 9,987.92
DKK 6,854.57
About the Item
Signed Sinclair Haymarket London liquid-detecting pocket compass in use by British army officers during World War I. This is a small vintage compass typically used in recreational sailing, thus on boats less prone to magnetic deflection. It can also be held in the hand and thus away from the magnetic fields of the boat. It’s equipped with an aiming system with target and a goniometric compass rose so that the angle between the line of sight and the north indicated by the magnetic needle can be measured. Good condition, fully functional. Measurements 5x2 cm - inches 2x0.8.
The last photo is the gift box.
James A. SINCLAIR
Co. Ltd has been a dealer of scientific surveying instruments signed SINCLAIR HAYMARKET LONDON in addition to being a manufacturer of photographic equipment and a well-known photographer. He died in 1940.
The Greeks and the Romans were still unaware of the possibility of harnessing magnetic fields for orientation, while it seems that this possibility was already somewhat known to the Chinese: around 2600 B.C. Emperor Hoang-Ti was able to overcome Prince Tchi-Yeou in battle thanks to a "magic" chariot, the See-Nan (chariot pointing south). The emperor, thanks to this device, identified the enemy's escape route, despite the fact that the enemy had concealed it through a blanket of smoke: fixed on the chariot was a human-shaped wooden silhouette that rotated on itself and, with its arm outstretched, always pointed south (pointing south of course was also pointing north at the same time, but south was considered by the Chinese to be the most important cardinal point). The Chinese also used their discoveries related to magnetic fields as a form of entertainment and spectacle: they would throw magnetized arrows as if they were dice, and these would line up in a south-north direction as if by magic, which greatly impressed and amazed the spectators.
- Dimensions:Height: 0.8 in (2.04 cm)Diameter: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Period:1910-1919
- Date of Manufacture:1915
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Milan, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1020247135622
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