Navigational Plotting Bearing Arms

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Navigational Plotting Bearing Arms

Entry/Object ID

2004.003.001 b-c

Description

Pair of two clear plastic navigational plotting bearing arms, essentially the same. Each arm is a tapered ruler, 14.5 inches (370 mm), divided into inches, subdivided into one-tenth inches, marked "Refer Distances to Latitude Scale". At the wider end is an integral, circular 360 degree scale with an attached, pivoting, variation plate marked with a green North line, with one end a stylized arrow head. Marked "GNAV (in the shape of the "lamp of learning"); "Nautrack" and "WW Wansbrough-White 1981".

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Reeves, Ken

Notes

Accession Date: 10-Feb-04 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

bearing arms, navigational plotting bearing arms

Created By

Jones, Isabel

Create Date

February 17, 2004

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

June 21, 2023