Elliott's Bearing Transmitter
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Elliott's Bearing Transmitter.[1]
Elliott's Bearing Transmitter was an optical device which could transmit its relative bearing to a remote receiver.
Design
A hand-wheel would cause the binocular carrier to train as it worked a transmitter to a receiver in the T.S.. A trigger on the hand-wheel would work a light or buzzer at the receiver.[2]
In some ways, its function was like the transmitter of an Evershed Bearing Indicator, but it was on the step-by-step principle and presumably more accurate in its resolution.
History and Deployment
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1920). Manual of Gunnery (Volume III) for His Majesty's Fleet, 1920. (G. 13018/10) Copy No. 2 is Ja. 013 at Admiralty Library.
