Octant
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0431.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SPENCER BROWNING & CO.
- MODEL
- EBONY
- LOCATION
- London, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- IVORY/ BRASS/ WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.6 cm
- Width
- 27.9 cm
- Height
- 8.9 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
- SPENCER
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SIGNED ON THE IVORY PLAQUE ON THE FRAMEWORK 'SPENCER & BROWNING & CO. LONDON'
- Missing
- PART OF CASE COVER
- Finish
- IVORY SCALE, TWO SETS OF FILTERS & PENCIL/ HAS 12" RADIUS/ ARC IS GRADUATED IN DEGREES FROM 0 TO 100/ SITS ON 3 BRASS LENGS/ THERE IS A BLACK WOOD CASE FITTED FOR THIS OCTANT BUT PART OF THE COVER IS MISSING/ FAIR TO GOOD
- Decoration
- N/A
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SPENCER BROWNING & CO., Octant, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1972.0431, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0431.001/
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