Sextant
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- OBJECT TYPE
- INTERNAL ILLUMINATION
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0695.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PLATH, C.-DE.TE.WE.
- MODEL
- LIBELLEN-OKTANT
- LOCATION
- Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 12317
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL; GLASS OPTICS; SOME BAKELITE FITTINGS/ STORED IN A BLACK WOODEN CARRYING CASE WITH LEATHER HANDLE & METAL HARDWARE; SOME FABRIC PADS CUSHION INSTRUMENT INSIDE CASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PLATH
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Hamburg
Context
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS INSTRUMENT PRESUMABLY USED C. 1940S+
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE ALTITUDE OF SUN, OR OTHER CELESTIAL BODY, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE LATITUDE & LONGITUDE. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate on sextant reads " Libellen-Oktant/mit Mittlungseinrichtung/Baurt: C.Plath-De Te We/ Gerar-Nr 127-134 B-2/ Werk-Nr 12317/ Anforderz: Fl.23750-1/ Hersteller: C. Plath- De Te We ". Second plate reads " 1 Reparaturen/ OLa Okt. 1941 Pl./ OLaM Nov. 43Pl/ 12317 ". Various controls, etc. labelled. "2-1" handwritten in yellow grease pencil on case front; "NRC" handwritten in red on case top. " Gerat Nr./ 127-134 B " printed on case end panel. Instructions printed on card mounted on inside of case lid.
- Missing
- UNKNOWN- AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT APPEARS TO BE MISSING. From CA of 08/14/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- OFF-WHITE ENAMEL FINISH HAS CRACKLE-TEXTURE; SOME BLACK BAKELITE KNOBS
- Decoration
- N/A
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PLATH, C.-DE.TE.WE., Sextant, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1969.0695, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0695.001/
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