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Description: | ?J.B. | Gepr�ft | Deutsche Seewarte?
?Sold-Libellensextant | Ger�t Nr. 127-134 | Hersteller [name erased] | M [eagle & swastika]?
The sextant has a casing of grey-lacquered aluminium and artificial materials, with black plastic fittings. It houses optical equipment, a clockwork averaging mechanism, electrical equipment, and a rubber eyecup. The instrument has two index shades in red and green.
The scale on the sextant is measured from 0� to 80� by 30 arcminutes.
The sextant is contained in a rectangular black-lacquered metal carrying case with a reflecting flat, a battery charger, a battery, two light bulbs, four others of which are missing, and a contents list in German. The telescope and suspension strap are missing. The carrying case is marked on the side, ?Sold-Libellensextant M [eagle & swastika]?.
AUDIT - eight 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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