Croskery’s Patent Position Finder
Stock Number: NM.5-16
€475
Station pointer or position finder in pine box with manual.
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
Station pointer or position finder in pine box with manual. The box contains three extra manuals and a letter addressed to Captain Croskery. All this together suggests that this is the instrument of Croskery himself.
It is not yet entirely clear whether Croskery invented the station pointer for coastal navigation, but all the compliments from colleagues and institutions on the paper at the bottom of the box suggest that.
The station pointer consists of a graduated circle and three arms. Strings have been placed in the arms for an accurate reading. The circle of this instrument has a diameter of 24 centimeters and is made of brass. The scale is divided into points and half points. Bearings can be taken directly with this instrument and transferred to the chart.
Some parts are missing from this instrument.
Compare NAV 0636 with parts at Maritime Museum Greenwich.
Date: 1892
HWL case: 3x40x26 cm
D instrument: 24 cm
Signed: Croskery’s Patent Position Finder, reg nr 15261
Origin: England
Condition: in good and working condition, parts missing
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ARCHIPEL International Maritime Gallery
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Archipel International Maritime Galery in the Netherlands, sets itself to maritime objects, globes and sea charts of before 1900. The managing director worked as officer with the mercantile marine and the Royal Navy. As curator he was connected to one of the University Museums in the Netherlands. As seaman and curator he has a lot of knowledge of naval history. The entire Archipel collection can be found at the site Archipel-img.com.
