Can anyone name this tool ????

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Can anyone name this tool ????

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Hi All, nobody can identify this mysterious tool from a scrapped boat's engine room... anyone think they may know what it is?

Cheers All! 8)

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It's a planimeter.
I looked it up on Google (of course) and after reading Wikpedia, I now know more about them then before your post.
It looks like it is in great condition. Thanks for posting this.
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Planimeter Used for calculating the area of an indicator card ~ last time I saw one used was way back in my youth watching my Dad read cards for an old triple expansion up and downer.
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Thanks a lot guys, you made an old sailor man quite happy!

Enjoy the holidays :)
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