Sextant
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MILITARY/WW II
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0464.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Fairchild Aviation Corp.
- MODEL
- A-10
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- AF42-12008
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CONSTRUCTION/ GLASS LENS ELEMENTS & PRISM ENCLOSED IN A MAHOGANY BOX WITH NICKLE-PLATED FASTENING PLUS A MFR'S PLATE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.3 cm
- Width
- 22.4 cm
- Height
- 13.4 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
- Fairchild
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- USED BY MR. S.T. FISHER AS NAVIGATOR FERRYING LANCASTER BOMBERS TO ALASKA DURING WWII
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLAQUE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO OPERATE AND 2ND FROM MFR.
- Missing
- QUITE POSSIBLE From CA of 08/11/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- BLACK WRINKLE FINISH PAINT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Fairchild Aviation Corp., Sextant, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1980.0464, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0464.001/
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