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Description: | The sextant stand consists of a dark-brown lacquered brass column on tripod stand with three adjustable feet for levelling by screws. There is also a counter-balanced swinging mount for a sextant, which can be locked into any desired position. The adjusting pin is missing. The stand is contained in a polished wooden box.
A letter in the box written on stationery for 20, Eaton Place, SW1 reads ?I bought this sextant stand in 1894, second hand, in the city. It was used by me all the time I was carrying out navigating duties for shore sights for rating chronometers [signed] N I Oliver, 26 April 1938?. A later O.H.M.S. (On His Majesty?s Service) Stationery Office label dated 1924 is attached to the instrument.
caption: Sextant Stand
caption: Letter in Box dated 26 April 1938
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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