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Schatz is the leading manufacturer of classic ships' instruments, and one of very few that still make the mechanical chiming movements that were so familiar to the naval and merchant seaman of 100 years ago. They can sound out the fascinating "Ship's Bells" watchkeeping system of four hours on four hours off, striking one bell aft... (More)
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The Victorians were fascinated by the art of weather forecasting, and had a number of intriguing devices with which to make their own predictions. This operates on the same basicprinciple, using the three most importantinfluences on weather conditions ? barometric pressure and trend, plus wind direction ? to give a simple but remarkably accurate fo... (More)
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Schatz is the leading manufacturer of classic ships' instruments, and one of very few that still make the mechanical chiming movements that were so familiar to the naval and merchant seaman of 100 years ago. They can sound out the fascinating "Ship's Bell... (More)
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Full-size vernier sextants were, in skilled hands, instruments of great accuracy, practicality and beauty - a joy to own and use, but also essential to the safety of the ship. Our replica is dedicated to Royal Navy Captain John Campbell, who developed the... (More)
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D.W. Brunton was a mining engineer in Colorado, USA, when he took out the patent for his versatile new boxed altazimuth dry compass in 1894. Within four years he was able to claim it was ?in use in every country from Australia to Alaska?. Ideal for survey... (More)
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Our distinctive ornamental (but functional) thermometers utilise 17th century astronomer Galileo Galilei's discovery that the density of liquids varies with temperature. Carefully weighted glass globes are suspended in a liquid-filled tube, where they sed... (More)
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Schatz is the leading manufacturer of classic ships' instruments, and one of very few that still make the mechanical chiming movements that were so familiar to the naval and merchant seaman of 100 years ago. They can sound out the fascinating "Ship's Bells" watchkeeping system of four hours on four hours off, striking one bell aft... (More)
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Schatz is the leading manufacturer of classic ships' instruments, and one of very few that still make the mechanical chiming movements that were so familiar to the naval and merchant seaman of 100 years ago. They can sound out the fascinating "Ship's Bells" watchkeeping system of four hours on four hours off, striking one bell aft... (More)
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Our Anchor Range of clocks and barometers have hefty solid cast brass casings, brass hands with black subsidiary indicators on light cream faces. The movements are good quality - battery-operated quartz for the clocks and silvered aneroid for the baromete... (More)
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Our Anchor Range of clocks and barometers have hefty solid cast brass casings, brass hands with black subsidiary indicators on light cream faces. The movements are good quality - battery-operated quartz for the clocks and silvered aneroid for the barometers. Clocks have bold Roman numerals and use one AA battery. Barometers have stainless steel ane... (More)
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A smart little dry card compass in a brass case, housed in a fine rosewood box with lid. Works, but not for serious navigation. Diameter 3", height 1"... (More)
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This is a basic, lidded, dry needle compass, in the style of those that preceded modern liquid-filled versions. As such it would be difficult to use at sea, and, now there are better-damped units, is really more ornamental than practical (though it does w... (More)
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