Marine Compass Dekemel Brothers & Co Opticians Antwerp
Rare Belgian gimbalded marine Compass
Type of object:
Timekeeper & Sundial & Compass & Barograpf
Time period:
Denemarken & Belgie
Place:
Antwerp
Date:
1870
Maker / Author:
Dekemel
Publisher / Printer:
Dekemel Brothers & Co
Dimensions:
compass 20cm Box 28 x 28 cm, 17 cm high
Material:
Wood, glass and brass
Graduation:
0-360
Inscription:
n/a
Provenance:
Maritime Art Gallery
References:
n/a
Description
A rare Belgian maritime compass, gimbalded in a wooden box.
At the reverse of the compass, the captain could turn the needle on the compass rose to correct the declination/variation. From 0 till 30° East or West. Its’s been corrected to 11° West
If calculated at: NCEI Geomagnetic Calculators (noaa.gov), the declination, around Antwerp, was 11,24W in 1924
Magnetic declination, sometimes called magnetic variation, is the angle between magnetic north and true north. Declination is positive east of true north and negative when west. Magnetic declination changes over time and with location.
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