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?Libellen-Oktant | mit Mittlungseinrichtung | Bauart: C. Plath-De Te We | Ger�t-Nr. 127-134-B-2 | Hersteller: C. Plath?
The sextant has a casing of grey-lacquered aluminium and artificial materials, with black plastic fittings. This houses optical equipment, a clockwork averaging mechanism, electrical equipment, and a rubber eyecup. The instrument has two index shades in green and red. The sextant is contained in a rectangular grey-lacquered aluminium case with a reflecting flat, whose mirror is missing, a light bulb, a plastic suspension strap, instructions for use and a contents list in German. The telescope and various parts are missing.
The scale on the sextant is marked from 0� to 80� by 30 arcminutes.
This instrument has been identified as a sextant, because it measures between 106 and 135 degrees. The iventor, however, identified the object as an octant.
AUDIT - two unnumbered 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 bubble sextants | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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