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Compass.
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- Maker :
- ANONYMOUS
- Place :
- Unknown
- Date :
- c. 1890-1900
- Color :
- Uncoloured
- Height mm.:
- 160
- Width mm.:
- 160
- Condition :
- Height of the box: 10 cm
- Bibliography :
- -
- Seller's ref. :
- 29036
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A sloop compass in the original wooden box with lit. The compass with floating rose (Cardan system). Slung in gimbals, the east point is decorated and graduated in half points and decorated N & E points.
The cardan suspension system, also called a gimbal, is a pivotal support that allows the rotation of an object about a single axis. If simultaneously assembled three rings, one on another by orthogonal rotation axes, an object placed inside the third ring always remains horizontal, regardless of the engaged turns of the other two rings.
The application of this gimbal system navigation was proverbial, since until that moment when, for reasons of bad weather, the ship tends to heel or continuously up by the effect of waves, a traditional compass was useless, making it virtually impossible navigation.
The gimbal system allowed the compass to remain horizontal, therefore, a continuing role, regardless of the boat's position.The gimbal compasses are still used today in both marine and aviation.
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Four heliographic prints on one sheet : "Todd Homestead / Résidence of B. Travis Katonah N.Y / Reisig & HexamersBarn Ivy Hill / Résidence of W.F Bearns "Ingleuberg". After design by R.K.Sneden.From Beer's famous county atlas "Atlas of New York and vicinity", "a documentary record of nineteenth century life and delightful specimens of American folk art".F. W. Beers, along with other members of his family, were among the leading county atlas publishers in period immediately following the Civil W...
$90
Maker : DE BEERS, F.W.
Place : New York
Date : 1867
Eastern passage to China. sheet 1.
James Horsburgh early chart of the coasts of Java, Bali, Lombok, with part of Sulawesi, and Borneo. Insets of "Sketch of Bally Strait", Sketch of Lombock Strait", Plan of Allas Strait", "Sketch of Sappy Strait".The chart shows depth soundings & both topographical and hydrographical details and proposed sailing directions in the Sunda Straits. Filled with several coastal profiles, which were of great help for the sailor.In top Horsburgh thanks for the aid he has gotten for preparing this chart : ...
$3.000
Maker : HORSBURGH, JAMES, F.R.S
Place : London
Date : 1824
Transom of a ship in gilded carved wood bearing the inscription "DUMONT- DURVILLE"
Decorative transom sign in gilded carved wood bearing the inscription "DUMONT- DURVILLE" in a foliage environment. The transom usually kept the name of the ship and was often well-decorated.A transom is the flat, vertical surface at the back of a ship that connects the two sides of the hull. The sign holds the name of the great French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville D’Urville who first visited New Zealand in 1824 as second-in-command to Louis Duperrey. On his second voyage of exploration and...
$7.500
Maker : ANONYMOUS
Place : France
Date : 1880
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[How natives of Paria cope with illness] / Vespucci reaches Lake Maracaibo]..
Two engravings. [421b] When the natives of those parts, they were bathed in a cold stream, then chased round a blazing fire until they had dried out. Then they were put to bed and great care was taken to ensure their loins were dry. Vomiting was overcome by fasting for three or four days and paying careful attention to diet., which rarely included meat, except for human flesh, of which they were inordinately fond. In fact they would even fatten their enemy captives before eating them and seemed ...
$80
Maker : GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place : Frankfurt, M.Merian
Date : 1633
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