Sextant
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0195.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 6B/218 BUBBLE SEXTANT MK.1X A
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- 12230/42
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM, BAKELITE, GLASS & RUBBER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.0 cm
- Width
- 16.2 cm
- Height
- 19.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED BY ALL RCAF NAVIGATORS IN WWII AND SUBSEQUENTLY. - Function
-
NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE INCISED LETTERING ON SIDES OF SEXTANT
- Missing
- From CA of 12/08/1998 by Sue Warren: Yes - missing a leather pad inside pr. right
- Finish
- HAS A BLACK CRINKLE FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Sextant, after 1938, Artifact no. 1966.0195, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0195.001/
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