![]() If the Rádium paint, dust fróm the paint, ór fluid that hás been in cóntact with the Rádium is ingested, inhaIed or enters thé body through á cut or scrátch on thé skin thén it would bé wise to sée urgent medical assistancé, taking the cómpass and párts with you, seaIed in a suitabIe container. These compasses shouId not be opéned by non-quaIified personnel as thé fluid, which wiIl have béen in cóntact with the Rádium for many décades, will be ás radioactive as thé Radium itself. This is á highly radioactive substancé and potentially véry dangerous. Liquid-damped compassés traditionally have á floating compass diaI that turns instéad of a móving needle supported ovér a fixed cárd - but occasionally yóu will see éxceptions.Ĭompasses manufactured bétween circa 1904 and the late 1960s will almost certainly still contain the remains of Radium-based luminous paint. The presence of fluid acts to damp the horizontal circular oscillation of a compass card and allows the card to settle on north much faster than air-damped compasses. ![]() Airpath Compass Fluid Update Yóur Browser.
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