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Description: | A varnished brass sextant stand with three folding feet and a rack and pinion adjustment for height. The upper bowed section carries a universal counter-balanced mounting for a sextant, which can be set at any required angle.
The stand is contained in a fitted rectangular wooden box, with a trade label in the lid for Henry Hughes and Son, Marine Opticians, London.
AUDIT - Object renumbered as .1 and .2, with box renumbered as .3 and lid as .4 . Inscription.
caption: Sextant Stand
caption: Box Label
caption: unavailable | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Sextant sextant stands | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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