Sextant
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0065.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HEATH & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- F998
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ANODISED BRASS/ OAK CASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 6.5 cm
- Height
- 23.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-angles
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HEATH
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON TANGENT SCREW PLATE IS THE FOLLOWING: 'HEZZANITH'/ 'ENDLESS TANGENT SCREW, AUTOMATIC CLAMP'/ ON LID: A CLASS A CERITIFCATE FROM THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY AT TEDDINGTON (1941)
- Missing
- NIL From CA of 08/17/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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HEATH & CO., Sextant, between 1900, Artifact no. 1975.0065, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0065.001/
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