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Paragraph 10

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The minimum thickness of the metal used in the construction of the compass shall be as follows:—

Compass bowl4·0 millimetres
Binnacle3·85 millimetres
Lamp3·85 millimetres

The compass bowl shall be efficiently stiffened to take gimbal pins. The binnacle shell shall be swaged or spun into the base ring and soldered all round.

The gimbal ring shall be of naval brass or other rigid non-magnetic metal 15 millimetres by 3 millimetres. Gimbal pins shall be of naval brass or other hard non-magnetic material of 6 millimetres diameter: both they and the bearings in which they engage shall be perfectly smooth.