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Description: | The sextant has a black crackle-lacquered alloy casing with artificial materials. It houses optical equipment, a clockwork averaging mechanism, electrical equipment, and a rubber eyecup. The sextant is incomplete and in a poor condition. It is contained in a fitted Bakelite case.
The sextant has a scale measuring from 0� to 80� by 1�. The sextant has a vernier measuring to 1 arcminutes.
AUDIT - check acquisition card or slip, object says 62-10 or is it 62-13? Part numbering for two parts.
caption: Bubble Sextant - Front
caption: Bubble Sextant - Back
caption: Bubble Sextant - Box | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Sextant Bakelite Vernier | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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