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THBVintage Brass Yacht Compass on Wood Base
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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About Auction
LiveJan 19, 2025
Over 800 lots will be offered in day 2 of our 2 day weekend. There are multiple lots of important fine art from landscapes and etchings to old masters and portraits. We have a collection of sterling silver, African artifacts, oriental rugs, Asian antiquities, a collection from the Ex Managing Director of the NYC Waldorf Astoria, and more! Sarasota Estate Auction sarasotaestateauction@gmail.com
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- Lot Description
Vintage Brass Yacht Compass on Wood Base. Gimbal mounted on varnished wood, with red and green bulbs on either side to indicate port and starboard. Manufactured by Coubro & Scrutton, London. The company was established in 1840, making maritime lift and handling equipment, and closed in 2001 when they were acquired by Lloyds Equipment Group.
Size: 10 1/2 X 7 X 6 in.
#8597 .
A gimbal is a pivoted support that permits rotation of an object about an axis. On a ship the gyroscopes, shipboard compasses, stoves, and even drink holders typically use gimbals to keep them upright with respect to the horizon despite the ship’s pitching and rolling. The gimbal suspension used for mounting compasses and the like is sometimes called a Cardan suspension after Italian mathematician and physicist Gerolamo Cardano (1501-1576) who described it in detail. However, Cardano did not invent the gimbal, nor did he claim to. The device has been known since antiquity, first described in the 3rd Century BC by Philo of Byzantium, although some modern authors support the view that it may not have a single identifiable inventor. Philo described an eight-sided ink pot with an opening on each side, which can be turned so that while any face is on top, a pen can be dipped and inked, yet the ink never runs out through the holes of the other sides. This was done by the suspension of the inkwell at the center, which was mounted on a series of concentric metal rings so that it remained stationary no matter which way the pot is turned. There is mention during the Chinese Liang Dynasty (502-557 AD) that gimbals were used for hinges of doors and windows, while an artisan once presented a portable warming stove to Empress Wu Zetian which employed gimbals. After antiquity gimbals remained widely known in the Near East. In modern times gimbals play a crucial role in spacecraft propulsion, as rocket engines are generally mounted on a pair of gimbals to allow a single engine to vector thrust about both the pitch and yaw axes. Gimbals are now ubiquitous in much technology, used to mount everything from small camera lenses to large photographic telescopes, and remain an indispensable part of sea navigation around the globe.
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10 1/2 X 7 X 6 in.
