US163840A - Improvement in mariners compasses - Google Patents

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US163840A
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  • the object of my invention is to provide a liquid for filling magnetic compasses which will not oxidize the magnets, and, further, serve to lubricate the pivot upon which the compass-card turns; and it consists in the employment or use of oil, or liquid of which oil is a component part, and in sufficient proportion to counteract any tendency to oxidization of the magnets and pivot-bearings of the compass-card.

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DAVID BAKER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO WILLARD I. HUMPHREY, OF SAME PLACE.
IMPROVEMENT IN MARINERS COMPASSES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,840, dated June 1, 1875; application filed October 21, 1874.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, DAVID BAKER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certa n new and useful Improvements in Liquids for Filling Magnetic Compasses, of which the following is a specification:
The object of my invention is to provide a liquid for filling magnetic compasses which will not oxidize the magnets, and, further, serve to lubricate the pivot upon which the compass-card turns; and it consists in the employment or use of oil, or liquid of which oil is a component part, and in sufficient proportion to counteract any tendency to oxidization of the magnets and pivot-bearings of the compass-card.
I find by experiments that kerosene-oil is well adapted for filling the bowls of all magwith alcohol and water, which, in order to prevent oxidization of the magnets, it has been found necessary to incase them or coat them with cement, porcelain, or other substances, and as such coatings greatly increase their weight, buoyant cards, so called, have been provided to remove the friction from the pivot, caused by such increased weight; but theirincreased bulk within the liquid has caused a corresponding increase of friction upon or within the same, thus rendering the card so sluggish that when thrown from its true position by sudden movements of the compass-bowl its return is so slow as to cause great inconvenience to the mariner.
In carrying out the application of my discovery I find I am enabled to simplify and reduce the expense of constructing the compasscard, as the sheets of mica or paper of which the card-is composed may be joined with paste, as it is not deleteriously affected by the oil in which it is submerged when in place or in use.
Having thus described my invention ordiscovery, what I claim is A liquid compass in which the liquid that 7 comes in direct contact with the pivot, card, and needle is oil, or a liquid in which oil predominates sufficiently to prevent oxidization, substantially as specified, and for the purpose set forth.
DAVID BAKER. Witnesses SYLvENUs WALKER, GEO. A. BAKER.
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