Sextant
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1898
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0430.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United Kingdom
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General Information
- Serial #
- 5459
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS & GLASS SEXTANT WITH WOOD & IVORY HANDLE/ MAHOGANY? CASE/ PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.6 cm
- Width
- 25.4 cm
- Height
- 12.7 cm
- 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
- Unknown
- Country
- United Kingdom
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL ANGLES AT SEA - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PAPER LABEL ON LID INTERIOR READS: 'The Kew Observatory, Richmond Surrey/ CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION/ CLASS A/ THE SEXTANT No 5459 OF 6 1/2 inches radius by/.../ July 1898 Charles [Cluee]'/ HANDWRITTEN ON CIRCULAR WHITE LABEL IN BLACK ON CASE FACE IS: '122'/ HANDWRITTEN ON CIRCULAR WHITE LABEL ON CASE REAR IN BLUE IS: '343 TW/1'/ ARC IS GRADUATED FROM 0 TO 150 DEGREES
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- "METAL IS STILL BRIGHT WITH MOST OF LAQUER INTACT" ON SEXTANT/ TARNISHED BRASS FITTINGS ON CASE/ 2 LARGE CRACKS IN LID/ TARNISHED BRASS HANDLES & LOCKS/ BRASS PLAQUE ON LID IS WARPED/.2-.3 TARNISHED BRASS/.5 PAINTED BLACK, NOTCHED IN 4 PLACES
- Decoration
- LABEL ON LID INTERIOR HAS DEPICTION OF THE OBSERVATORY AT KEW
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Unknown Manufacturer, Sextant, circa 1898, Artifact no. 1972.0430, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0430.001/
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