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English Pelorus brass from the second half of the 19th century, on cardan joint
$2,277.37
£1,703.62
€1,900
CA$3,135.46
A$3,431.38
CHF 1,813.18
MX$40,955.81
NOK 23,138.49
SEK 21,162.03
DKK 14,475.85
About the Item
English Pelorus brass from the second half of the 19th century, mounted on gimbals within its original mahogany wood box with brass hinges and locking hooks.
The instrument has an aiming system with filters and an eight-twenty rose complete with engraved goniometric circle.
Buono stato perfettamente funzionante. Box size 20.5x20x16 cm - inches8.1x7.8x6.3.
The last photo is the gift box.
It is a graphometer inserted in a graduated circular crown and with the cardinal points of a compass, but without magnets, which is used to determine the position of the ship and detect objects not detected by normal compasses: by sighting two recognizable coastal details, the corresponding direction lines are plotted on the nautical chart; the point where these two lines meet is the point where the ship is located. The term pelorus comes from the name of Hannibal's pilot who assisted him in leading his troops across Europe and kept him in contact with Carthage across the sea.
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