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Noble Marcel Kiepach
Dynamo – an illumination device
Device for remote-controlled viewing of a ship compass
Ivan Zakmardi of Dijankovec
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Device for remote-controlled viewing of a ship compass

• Patent letter for a gyrocompass; the original patent letter accompanied by the plans
• Material and technique: paper, print, ink drawing
• Originating from: 1910
• Author: the noble Marcel Kiepach
• Dimensions: 29 x 19.5 cm
• Patent letter for the remote-controlled viewing of a ship compass issued by the London Patent Office to the noble Marcel Kiepach for improvements made on his former invention. The readings of the device, consisting of amperometres (indicatory devices placed everywhere on a ship), cannot be influenced by magnetic forces nor magnetic masses in its proximity.
 
 
 
   
 
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